Researchers believe that in the bee world, as in the human world, the partner’s pleasant scent makes them more attractive.
It’s no secret that pleasant perfumes or the scent of aftershave make men more attractive to women. Researchers now believe this works not only for humans, but also for some bees that use scent to increase their chances of mating.
In a new study, scientists from the Ruhr University Bochum in Germany have discovered a specific type of bee that lives in Costa Rica and Brazil and uses a blend of scents to increase their chances of success with the opposite sex. Researchers have found that men collect a blend of scents from various sources and store this unique “perfume” in special “pockets” on the hind legs, and then use it to seduce a partner.
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The researchers conducted an experiment in which some male orchid bees were given different colored scents, while others were deprived of the pleasant scent. The results of the study show that “scented” bees mate with more females and produce more offspring than less fragrant bees.
The results of the experiment show that the scents that males take actually serve as sexual signals that increase their chances among the opposite sex and encourage females to mate.
The study’s authors state that their study is the first to provide direct evidence that drones use “perfume” to attract orchid bees. Meanwhile, previous studies have shown that female bees approach males from the leeward side, which may indicate that scent plays an important role in their sexual preferences.
During the study, the scientists also observed a case where the female bee flew from one male to another until she made her final choice and fell on the male, which turned out to be “perfumed.”
Researchers believe that the process of collecting and producing perfume takes a lot of strength and energy from men and is therefore an indicator of their well-being. In the wild, males gather perfume ingredients from a variety of sources such as flowers, berries, resin, juice, fungi, and even feces. As a result, they produce a captivating aroma that women cannot resist. Once all the ingredients have been gathered to create a scent, they are hidden in special “bags” on their hind legs, and when it’s time to court, males repeatedly cross their legs to spray the perfume into the air with the vibration of their wings.
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