Bumblebees’ sense of smell can’t take the heat
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Climate change could compromise the pollinators’ ability to detect flowers.
Experiments on buff-tailed bumblebees ( Bombus terrestris ) show that heat stress degrades the insects’ responsiveness to floral scents. Credit: Phil Savoie/Nature Picture Library
Bumblebees might lose their sense of smell during heatwaves, according to a laboratory simulation 1 .
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02703-z
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