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# 323
# 322 contd

So bumblebee queens are bigger than workers and tend to have longer tongues.
But the research found that these longer tongues have relatively less hairs meaning less efficiency at capturing the liquid nectar!
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# 322
# 321 contd

The hairs on bumblebee tongues are merely hundreds of micrometers long.
Many closely spaced hairs create a myriad of tiny gaps that hold nectar by surface tension - a microscopic sponge trapping nectar on the tongue.
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# 321

Bumblebees have long tongues covered in hairs which they use to extract nectar from flowers.
But not all tongues are equal!
Bumblebee queen tongues are not as efficient at collecting nectar as female worker bee tongues.
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# 320
# 319 contd

The ability to recognize the same rhythms at different tempos (flexible rhythm perception) had been assumed to be a complex mental task requiring a large brain. But no one told #bumblebees with their sesame seed sized brains! 😂
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# 319

Bumblebees got rhythm!

Or more to the point - bumblebees get rhythm!

Recent research found that not only can bumblebees recognise a rhythm but they can identify the same pattern even when the tempo is adjusted.
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# 317 contd

Bumblebee grooming in response to noxious stimulation of the antennae seems to be brain-powered rather than merely reflexive behaviour and is one of a number of likely indicators of the ability of insects to feel pain.
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# 316 contd

Research showed that in the first 2 minutes after noxious stimulation (touching one antenna with a heated (65°C) probe) #bumblebees groomed the touched antenna more than their untouched antenna.
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# 316

Recent research involving Buff-tailed #bumblebees appears to provide the first quantitative evidence of self-protective behavior in insects (in response to noxious stimulation)!
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# 314 contd.

Bumblebee priority when foraging is the rate of energy return NOT energy efficiency, choosing flowers that maximize immediate return of sugar to the colony over those that require less effort and provide greater energy efficiency.

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