Head-banging bumble bees bite flowers to shake loose more pollen. Learn more: News from Science

@NewsfromScience These bees didn’t happen. They were created by a loving creator 😊

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@NewsfromScience Bumblebees are total metalheads

@NewsfromScience What a lost opportunity to insert some serious heavy metal in the video!

@NewsfromScience Super cool. Nature is amazing...

@NewsfromScience So the bee mast#rb@te the flower..🤨

@NewsfromScience “Head-banging”? Odd choice of words because it actually looks like the bee is holding the stamen with its mouth parts and shaking, yes, shaking pollen from it. Bees shake pollen from flowers...what's so difficult?

@NewsfromScience Flight muscles contracting decoupled from wings. Also used to heat up the body. 🐝