Bumble bees (Bombus terrestris) store both food and information in honeypots

Agriculture & Biology

• Bombus terrestris 90%
• food storage 85%
• nectar 69%
• nests 29%
• pheromones 14%
• sugars 9%
• supply balance 9%
• social insects 8%
• honey 7%
• animal communication 6%
• species recruitment 6%
• foraging 5%
• forage 5%
• sampling 2%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• nectar 100%
• food 45%
• nest 32%
• pheromone 21%
• sugar 14%
• nest structure 13%
• social insect 12%
• honey 9%
• supply and demand 8%
• forage 8%
• communication 5%
• demand 4%
• speed 4%