• Question: can a bee be attracted to some of the chemicals given of by pollution?

    Asked by anon-218611 to Matthew (known as Kaan by on 17 Jun 2019.
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      Matthew Alkan answered on 17 Jun 2019:


      That is a great question. Potentially yes because it depends on what you mean by pollution (I am being very science like here). If you consider pollution to be things like ozone and nitrous oxides then the bee’s are very unlikely to be attracted to them as it is thought they just damadge the bee’s smell system. I don’t think anyone has tryed to see if a bee prefers to be in air with more ozone or less ozone. Maybe it’s something we could try one day.

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