Chandni Dabral
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Posted 5 year ago
Why flowers pollinated by bees are predominantly blue or yellow but not red?
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Shweta Jain
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Posted 5 year ago Shweta Jain Teacher

Most bird-pollinated flowers are both red and rich in nectar. The traditional explanation for this association is that, since red is inconspicuous to bees, it evolved to prevent bees from depleting the nectar of bird-pollinated flowers without effecting pollination.