A new study says pollutants like diesel exhaust and ozone make it difficult for pollinators like bees and butterflies to find flowers by scent.
, making it harder for pollinating insects to find the plants. But there hasn’t been much light shed on what the effects of this are on pollination rates.
After feeding, Girling says insects such as honeybees learn which compounds lead to the tastiest flowers and return to them like Pavlov’s dog. But ozone, which is a byproduct of factory and vehicle emissions, and diesel exhaust can muddy those perfumes. compared to the rings with no pollutants; the number of times they visited the flowers was also down 90 percent.
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