Posts tagged colored flowers

November 30, 2006

a bumble bee drinking nectar from a dark purple flower

Mmm…Hot Nectar

Find out the science behind what makes warm drinks so yummy and appealing.

Who are these color-gifted critters? Hawkmoths. Almut Kelber from Sweden’s Lund University conducted an experiment that showed this surprising result. Imagine a room with a lot of artificial flowers in it, and the only ones with yummy sugar water in them are yellow or blue.