Are Bees the Addicts of the Animal Kingdom?

Bees get more than just nectar from the flowers they visit. Sometimes they also get a sip of caffeine, nicotine, or alcohol.
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Caffeinated forage tricks honeybees into increasing foraging and recruitment behaviors.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26480843

Nicotine in floral nectar pharmacologically influences bumblebee learning of floral features
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-01980-1

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Footage from the following video used with permission from Dr. Margaret Couvillon:
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-Scientists at feeders: Credit Dr. Hasan Al Toufailia and Mr. Kyle Shackleton
-Bees foraging on flowers: Dr. Roger Schrch

Extreme closeup of several honeybees swarming into pink gum-nut blossom flower to suckle nectar
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Almond Tree
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