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harmala alkaloids & pollination

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https://www.jofsr.org/index.php/path/article/view/30/21

this study hypothesizes that bees can literally see and may also be attracted to harmala alkaloids, with plants using them as pollination signals

also contains some interesting testing on abundance & variety of harmala type alkaloids within a variety of plants - anybody got some Thalictrum aquilegiifolium seeds? :scratchhead:

edit: i might put some p. harmala seed out in the garden and see if the bees find it interesting at all hahaha
 

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that's pretty interesting!  thanks for sharing...  but the portion I read, doesnt seem conclusive, especially the 2 mini experiments done with test tubes, described somewhere... 

 

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