With their short tongues, Valley carpenter bees can’t easily drink the nectar from tubular flowers. So they use powerful mandibles to slice into the blooms and steal it. It’s called nectar robbing, since the plants don’t get the benefit of being pollinated by these enormous bees.
Researchers use invisible lasers, ghastly wasps and more trickery to protect orange groves
As they gorge, oblique streaktail hoverflies help keep orange trees safe from disease.
Why is that yellowjacket crashing your BBQ? She’s gathering food for the nest’s larvae.
