Buzz Pollination

from Humble by Mark Ferguson

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Solitary bees are often encountered alongside bumblebees, and a number of species are also capable of buzz pollination.

During this process, a bee vibrates its thoracic flight muscles at high frequencies—much higher than for normal flight—when positioned inside or on a flower. The generated vibrations are then focused through the mandibles and legs onto the structure of the flower’s anthers, which vibrate sympathetically and release tightly packed pollen.

Although I witnessed and recorded this behaviour many times in bumblebees, this hairy-footed flower bee provided one of the best examples of the process as she foraged through a dense patch of creeping comfrey.

Species: A. plumipes

April 22, 2018 at 09:00. Painswick, Gloucestershire. Cloudy; light-to-moderate winds.

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from Humble, released July 11, 2020

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Mark Ferguson is a UK-based wildlife sound recordist and sound artist.

His award-winning work explores the unique and intricate sonic detail of the natural world, with an emphasis on species conservation.

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