Many people around the world turn to caffeinated drinks to get energy boost in the morning or to help them focus on difficult tasks. According to a new study from the University of Greenwich, caffeine offers similar benefits for bees, at least when it comes to complete their work. The caffeine solution can help bee a better pollination plant.
Wild bees serve an important role in the ecosystem; Their ‘work’ is to pollinate plants, basically serving at the forefront help feed humans and wildlife. Decreased wild bees have caused an increase in the use of bee colonies raised and commercially acquired to help apply.
However, there is a problem with this, this is a bee tends to stick to their itching. When the bees run hanging around, they will often lean towards the nearest wildflower, which does not help farmers when it comes to pollination plants. Caffeine is probably a solution to this problem, at least in accordance with the new study of Greenwich.
This research involves carrying an inexperienced and ‘priming’ expenses to pollinate the desired plants using caffeine cocktails that contain the aroma for the interest they should target. Being trained in this way is more interested in finding flowers offered by compared to bee controls.
The researchers say this caffeine cocktail can be used in commercial bees to lead them to customer plants, increase crop yields while reducing the number of bees that are inclined to wildflowers. It will leave the wildflower for wild bees, potentially helping farmers and a wider environment.