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Tricking Bees Pollinators

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Bees are one of nature 's most amazing gifts to itself. It plays a major role in keeping nature balanced and always growing. Bees are one of the most important pollinators, helping plants and flowers flourish. In a recent study, scientists have found that some plants are tricking bees into believing that they have high amounts of nectar with sucrose in them using caffeine. This unbelievable phenomenon has bewildered some scientists, although this certain "trick" by plants and flowers give them an advantage in maximizing their pollination, it does not go the same way with bees. The caffeine in the plants become addictive to the bees and makes them abnormally hyper. Bees have a way of communicating with each other and that is through a movement

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