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Better than Chanel: perfumed male bees draw more mates

Male orchid bee, Euglossa dilemma, displaying at a perch in an experimental flight cage in Florida.

A male orchid bee performs a courtship display. Such rituals can include the release of complex perfumes he makes himself. Credit: Thomas Eltz

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Nature 616, 414 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01033-w

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  1. Henske, J., Saleh, N. W., Chouvenc, T., Ramírez, S. R. & Eltz, T. Curr. Biol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.03.060 (2023).

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