Why Are Bees Attracted to Flowers?

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Bees are not only attracted to the bright colors of flowers--especially "warm" ultraviolet hues invisible to humans--but they also are attracted by the iridescence of a flower petals, according to Lars Chittka of the University of Cambridge. Iridescence has to do with the changeable tones of the flower's structure rather than pigment color.

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Why Are Bees Attracted to Flowers?

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