Optimal foraging in bumblebees: why is nectar left behind in flowers?

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Queen bumblebees (Bombus appositus) leave nectar behind in Delphinium nelsoni flowers with high-standing crops of nectar, and residues predicted by an optimal feeding hypothesis agree with field measurements.

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