# "Dipping tongues allow bees to drink the sweetest nectar"

**URL:** <https://pheromonetalk.com/t/dipping-tongues-allow-bees-to-drink-the-sweetest-nectar/53605>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [December 4, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/dipping-tongues-allow-bees-to-drink-the-sweetest-nectar/53605 "2011-12-04T22:42:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/dipping-tongues-allow-bees-to-drink-the-sweetest-nectar/53605/1 "2011-12-04T22:42:58Z")

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> US mathematicians have worked out why the flowers pollinated by bees have sweeter nectar than those visited by butterflies.

↳Click here to read the full article. ([Dipping tongues allow bees to drink the sweetest nectar - BBC News](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15068454))

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**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/dipping-tongues-allow-bees-to-drink-the-sweetest-nectar/53605/2 "2011-12-05T23:58:24Z")

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I LOVE my new girl. Turns out she can pollinate flowers too 😉

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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/dipping-tongues-allow-bees-to-drink-the-sweetest-nectar/53605/3 "2011-12-08T00:07:55Z")

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> [@Steve](#):
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> I LOVE my new girl. Turns out she can pollinate flowers too 😉

Whoa! Sounds like she is a keeper! 🙂

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**Author:** ![TwistedOstrich](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/twistedostrich/32/627_2.png) [@TwistedOstrich](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/TwistedOstrich)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/dipping-tongues-allow-bees-to-drink-the-sweetest-nectar/53605/4 "2011-12-12T06:17:08Z")

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> [@QuietGuy](#):
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> Whoa! Sounds like she is a keeper! 🙂

Drinking the sweetest nectar 😃😛

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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/dipping-tongues-allow-bees-to-drink-the-sweetest-nectar/53605/5 "2011-12-14T04:22:59Z")

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> [@TwistedOstrich](#):
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> Drinking the sweetest nectar 😃😛

Lol! No comment! :o