Have flowers devised the ultimate weapon of distraction?

(University of Portsmouth) Nectar, the high-energy 'honey' produced by flowers, might be a brilliant distraction technique to help protect a flower's reproductive parts, according to new research.Rather than merely providing a 'come-on' to bees and other insects to attract them to pollinate the flower, nectar could be playing a much more subtle and entrancing role.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - August 21, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news