The bees can sense these patterns. They can learn to tell the difference between an e-flower with an evenly spread voltage and one with a field like a bullseye with 70 percent accuracy.

A flower’s natural electric field is largely created by its bioelectric potential—the flow of charge produced by or occurring within living organisms. But electric fields are a dynamic ...

Flowers offer all sorts of cues to their pollinators—colors, patterns, shapes, and scents all help plants communicate with butterflies, bats, birds, and bees. But recent research suggests that ...