Bimal da,
here is some evidence that some constituents of the nectar like nicotine like or caffeine like substances make the honey bee remember a plant for up to three days. there are scientific papers, but here s a news item i can get on the net to read in toto i thought you may like to know. *Another buzz for bees* *Blooms are more memorable when their nectar contains caffeine* *STEPHEN ORNES <https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/author/stephen-ornes>* MAR 24, 2013 — 1:00 PM EST https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/another-buzz-bees I have searched extensively to find if schefflera flower nectar contains caffeine or such chemical compound, but have not made any headway yet. but most plants that make such compounds put them first in the roots or leaves, so to save them from being eaten, because they are then bitter. some bitter nectar makes the bees fly off and search for another flower on the same tree, hoping to find sweet only nectar. that's the theory. Interesting conundrum. usha di On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 10:36 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Bimal ji, for the wonderful observation. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Bimal Sar kar <[email protected]> > Date: 1 June 2018 at 19:38 > Subject: OBSERVATION: PREFERENCE OF FLOWERS BY BEE > To: > > > I am working on symbiosis( flowers/butterflies/bee) for more than ten > years. I find bees prefer flowers of Schefflera actinophylla ( UMBRELLA > TREE/OCTOPUS TREE ) over other flowers. At present the following plants are > in bloom in the area of my observation, > ( a ) Saraca asoca ( ASHOK ) > ( b ) Schefflera actinophylla > ( c ) Clerodendrum speciosum > ( d ) Santalum album( CHANDAN ) > ( e )Aerides odorata( Orchid ) > ( f ) Lagerstroemia indica ( CRAPE MYRTLE ) > But I find bees are visiting flowers of Schefflera actinophylla in large > number but the other flowers have hardly any visitor. > Attaching five collages of the event. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2975 members & 2,90,000 messages on 31.3.18) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
