Slight electric fields that form around flowers may lure pollinators much as floral colors and fragrances do.
ELECTRIC SIDE On the right-hand halves of flowers, a dusting of electrically charged particles (color in adjacent rectangle) reveals natural patterns. Bees can sense at least simple patterns in floral electrical charges, new research says.
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