10 votes

Some plants “hear” through flowers. A study found petals vibrated in response to recordings of a bee’s wingbeats, leading plants to sweeten their nectar.

Posted by asteroid
Tags: botany, bees, plants, research, author.ed yong, source.the atlantic, paywall.soft
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/plants-use-flowers-hear-buzz-animals/579964/

Link information

This data is scraped automatically and may be incorrect.

Title
Plants Can Hear Animals Using Their Flowers
Authors
Ed Yong
Published
Jan 10 2019
Word count
1565 words