Bio exam Lab 5: Bee foraging pollen honey Flashcards
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What is lab 5 about
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Pollen in Honey and how all honey should contain some pollen allows us to study the number of kinds of plants a bee visits by examining bees
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Why do bee collect pollen?
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The nectar is for energy and the pollen provides protein and other nutrients
3
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How does studying pollen in honey provide an indirect measure of bee behavior?
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We investigated whether pollen affects amino acids in the brains of caged, nurse-aged bees, and what the behavioral consequences might be
