Sucking or lapping: facultative feeding mechanisms in honeybees ( Apis mellifera )

A quick tongue: older honey bees dip nectar faster to compensate for mouthpart structure deterioration

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Temporal model of fluid-feeding mechanisms in a long proboscid orchid bee compared to the short proboscid honey bee

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Mouthpart conduit sizes of fluid-feeding insects determine the ability to feed from pores

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Quality versus quantity: Foraging decisions in the honeybee (Apis mellifera scutellata) feeding on wildflower nectar and fruit juice

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Erection pattern and section-wise wettability of honeybee glossal hairs in nectar feeding

(2015) J. Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Nectar uptake in bats using a pumping-tongue mechanism

(2015) M. Tschapka et al.   Science Advances

Effects of erectable glossal hairs on a honeybee's nectar-drinking strategy

(2014) Heng Yang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Honeybees prefer warmer nectar and less viscous nectar, regardless of sugar concentration

(2013) S. W. Nicolson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

How dogs lap: ingestion and intraoral transport in Canis familiaris

(2011) A. W. Crompton et al.   Biology Letters

Optimal concentrations in nectar feeding

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