Bee Visits Orchid Flower (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

Imperial College London

Bee Visits Orchid Flower (3 of 3)

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The oil-collecting bee Rediviva longimanus delves deep into the orchid Pterygodium schelpei to extract oil with absorbent hairs on its elongated front feet.

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A. Pauw

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