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Buzz Pollination Megachile parietina pollinating Trichodesma boissieri<br /> <br /> full explanation here: <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/91529/buzz_pollination.html" title="Buzz Pollination"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3519/91529_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=0F0p7iCnz1HTP%2FDvLBH4pbvBVMU%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="Buzz Pollination Megachile parietina pollinating Trichodesma boissieri<br /> <br /> The flower blooms &ldquo;upside down&rdquo;, like the Cyclamen&rsquo;s flower: the petals are rolled up backwards, while the style and stamens are seen below. The pollen is capsuled inside the stamens, it does not disperse and is not available to every insect that comes to the flower. The bee that approaches the flower holds on to it with its mouth and rapidly vibrates its wings with a strong buzzing sound. This buzz creates resonance that shakes the stamen and make the pollen pour down (just like salt from the holes in a salt-shaker). Some of the pollen drops on the bee. When this bee will visit a new flower, it will touch its stigma, and thus pollinate it. <br /> <br /> https://www.botanic.co.il/en/knowledge/trichodesma-boissieri/ Israel,Megachile parietina,Trichodesma boissieri,Xylocopa iris,spring" /></a></figure> Israel,Megachile parietina,Trichodesma boissieri,spring Click/tap to enlarge

Buzz Pollination

Megachile parietina pollinating Trichodesma boissieri

full explanation here:

Buzz Pollination Megachile parietina pollinating Trichodesma boissieri<br /> <br /> The flower blooms “upside down”, like the Cyclamen’s flower: the petals are rolled up backwards, while the style and stamens are seen below. The pollen is capsuled inside the stamens, it does not disperse and is not available to every insect that comes to the flower. The bee that approaches the flower holds on to it with its mouth and rapidly vibrates its wings with a strong buzzing sound. This buzz creates resonance that shakes the stamen and make the pollen pour down (just like salt from the holes in a salt-shaker). Some of the pollen drops on the bee. When this bee will visit a new flower, it will touch its stigma, and thus pollinate it. <br /> <br /> https://www.botanic.co.il/en/knowledge/trichodesma-boissieri/ Israel,Megachile parietina,Trichodesma boissieri,Xylocopa iris,spring

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The Black Mud Bee

''Megachile parietina'' is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Geoffroy in 1785. It is native to most of central Europe, as well as parts of eastern Europe.

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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants
Species identified by Yael Orgad
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