<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/aec5549f-2f20-4440-8f01-f511f3d2a0f6/8337EA09-3B7A-4B8E-8613-6A120510AAA1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5325170/Velcro-petals-enable-bees-to-stick-to-flowers-scientists-discover.html" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5325170/Velcro-petals-enable-bees-to-stick-to-flowers-scientists-discover.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5325170/Velcro-petals-enable-bees-to-stick-to-flowers-scientists-discover.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/53995169-1F4A-4796-8045-EEFFB90A31DC" alt="Honey bee on flower: Bees are able to stick to flowers because petals act like Velcro, scientists say " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5325170/Velcro-petals-enable-bees-to-stick-to-flowers-scientists-discover.html"><P>Scientists have long wondered about the purpose of the pyramid-like conical cells that cover the petal surfaces of 80 per cent of flowers.</P><P>They were not thought to attract pollinators, since bees and other insects can spot nectar-rich flowers from their colour, shape and smell.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5325170/Velcro-petals-enable-bees-to-stick-to-flowers-scientists-discover.html"><P>A new study has now revealed how the cells make life easier for bees.</P><P>Without the conical cells, the insects would be like climbers struggling to find a foothold on an ice-covered cliff.</P><P>They provide a "Velcro-like" surface the bees can hook their feet onto, said the researchers reporting their findings today in the journal Current Biology.</P><P>To test the role of the cells, scientists created lollipop-like artificial flowers cast from epoxy resin. Half had surface projections similar to conical cells and half did not.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5325170/Velcro-petals-enable-bees-to-stick-to-flowers-scientists-discover.html">the bees visited both types of petal equally when they were in a flat position. But when the flowers were vertical bees landed on them 74% of the time.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8337EA09-3B7A-4B8E-8613-6A120510AAA1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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