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Researchers find bees get the sweetest nectar by dipping their tongues into the viscous syrup. Pictured is a bumblebee drinking from a sucrose-soaked surface.
Photo: Wonjung Kim, Tristan Gilet and John Bush
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A scanning electron microscope image reveals a close-up image of the bumblebee’s tongue, designed to entrain, or draw up thick, viscous nectar.
Photo: Wonjung Kim, Tristan Gilet and John Bush
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