>I have just watched 50-60 inebriated bumblebees drinking and slumbering
>on a small clump of this plant (similar to cornflower). Most flowers had
>2 or 3 bees dozing in the flowers, ideally shaped for the latter activity.
>
>Whatever there is in these flowers, it certainly draws the bees in large
>numbers, and (perhaps puree'd) might assist those hoping for improved
>bumblebee pollination. However, judging by its effect on the bees,
>maybe it would call a halt to all useful work for the rest of the day.
 
I just recently came across a similar record for longhorn beetles becoming
"intoxicated" at flowers of Euonymus (Gosling, 1984, Gr. Lks. Ent. 17:
79-82). Certainly an odd phenomenon.
 
Doug Yanega      Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr.
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