Sentences with phrase «nectar from flowers in»

An Asian primate known as the slow loris will also lick fermented alcoholic nectar from flowers in its jungle habitat.

They overwinter in forested groves along coastal California, then fan out in the spring to lay their eggs on milkweed and drink nectar from flowers in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Utah.

Not exact matches

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Instead of nectar, researchers suggest the appendage likely helped the winged insects avoid becoming dehydrated in the hot and arid climate of the time by getting sustenance from another source: sweet secretions beaded up into droplets on seed - bearing — as opposed to flowering — plants.

Using high - speed cameras focused on bats trained to obtain nectar from artificial «test tube» flowers containing honey water in the lab, the researchers» video captured bats hovering in short flights (rarely lasting a second) over the feeders.

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Both methods for obtaining nectar were effective, but the researchers think that the grooved - tongue bats may have an advantage in acquiring nectar from flowers of certain shapes that hold the sweet liquid differently.

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Calgary, Canada, studied the flights of bumble bees as they collected nectar from wild tall larkspur flowers in Alberta, Canada.

A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes the previously undiscovered technology employed by the bat Glossophaga soricina: a tongue tip that uses blood flow to erect scores of little hair - like structures exactly at the right time to slurp up extra nectar from within a flower.

A warming world has spurred these changes, researchers conclude, because the total number of flowers has declined in this region — and the shorter tongue enables the bees to suck nectar from more kinds of flowers.

After analyzing the videos, they found that, as the animal dipped its tongue in and out of the flower, tiny blood vessels on the hairs of its tongue became engorged with blood, prompting the hairs to stand straight up and drag even more nectar up from the flower.

In nectar from the pristine bagged flowers, sucrose was much more common, and total sugar concentration was higher.

Changes in the size and form of the beak have enabled different species to utilize different food resources such us insects, seeds, nectar from cactus flowers as well as blood from seabirds, all driven by Darwinian selection.

While many of us think of planting flowers for bees, what many people don't realize is that in most areas the honey bee's primary source of nectar is from flowering trees.

«Comvita Certified UMF 20 + Ultra Premium Manuka Honey (MGO 829), comes from the nectar of the Manuka flower in the pristine forests of New Zealand.

Prized for its unique health properties, Manuka Honey comes from the nectar of the Manuka flower in the pristine forests of New Zealand.

From the nectar of the Manuka flower in the pristine forests of New Zealand, Comvita ® UMF ® Manuka Honey is as potent and alive in the jar as it is in the hive.

Mainly nectar eaters, hummingbirds will migrate up from Central and South America in the late spring when the flowers are blooming.

Hummingbirds can be seen in the Garden Patio and Pools sipping nectar from hibiscus flowers.