Bumpy petals help bees get a grip on flowers

Not Exactly Rocket Science
By Ed Yong
May 14, 2009 9:00 PMNov 5, 2019 12:14 AM

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Many plants depend so heavily on visits from bees that they go to great lengths to attract them, using brightly coloured flowers baited with sweet nectar. But some of their tricks are much subtler and are designed not to attract six-legged visitors, but to make their stay more convenient.

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