Western Honey Bee Flower Species Preference & the Ecological Implications
In the science village there is a fair amount of species diversity in terms of flowering plants, such as common lantana, baja fairy duster, peacock flower, and the genus Tecoma (yellow trumpet flower and tecoma fulva). Of all the species present, the Western Honey Bees greatly seemed to prefer the yellow trumpet flower to the tecoma fulva, which is orange. This leads to a potential hypothesis that bees may have a preference toward the color of flowers when pollinating. If this is so, the planting of specific species and specific colors of flowers could be more effective in the conservation of pollinators.
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