>A general predilection of Apis for large bunches of male flowers, including >wind-pollinated Fagaceae, Euphorbiaceae (Macaranga), and many grasses, for >example wind-pollinated Zea mays, generally signifies that pollen is being >removed but often little or no pollination service is provided. Are they not assisting the pollination by dislodging pollen from the male flowers, some of which will then drift onto the female flowers? Best wishes Peter 52.194546, -1.673618 *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm