Topic

Buzz pollination

Pollination strategy in which bees vibrate a flower with their flight muscles to shake pollen out of anthers that release it through a small pore rather than presenting it openly.

Current clusters

science1 publisher

Laser tracking catches a Medinilla anther tip swinging against its own stalk

Buzz-pollination biomechanics has mostly measured how hard a flower shakes. A Vienna group measured when each part of a stamen moves, and found the anther able to work against its own stalk.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence63
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+14
Incentives52
Confidence58