Plants trick bees with caffeine-laced nectar

Junglekeeper · Nov 17, 2015

Plants trick bees with caffeine-laced nectar

Plants may be tricking bees into repeatedly visiting their flowers by exploiting their craving for caffeine, a new University of Sussex-led study has found.

Honey bees find the buzz of the drug so irresistible, the researchers say, that they choose caffeinated nectar over equal quality food that does not contain caffeine.

As a result, plants may be lacing their nectar with caffeine as a way to pass off sub-standard forage.
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Plants trick bees with caffeine-laced nectar

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