Comment by luxuryballs
3 years ago
I feel like it’s the opposite, the amount of energy packed into a single drop of honey makes it very efficient.
3 years ago
I feel like it’s the opposite, the amount of energy packed into a single drop of honey makes it very efficient.
The energy taken by the bees and turned into honey is a cost from the flower’s point of view. I think you are looking at the efficiency of honey as a food, while the previous poster is looking at the efficiency of bees as pollinators?
it’s even more efficient for the bees who effortlessly and by their very nature produce enough that an invader can eat and be satisfied and yet still leave them with plenty! a veritable honey pot