Wild bee sunflower nectar preferences

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April 20, 2026

Wild Bee Sunflower Nectar Preferences with Dr. Jarrad Prasifka | Field, Lab, Earth Podcast #143

Bees are important pollinators for sunflowers. But, just like humans, they also have preferences, which means it’s important for sunflower breeders to breed the kinds of sunflowers that bees like best. In this episode of the Field, Lab, Earth podcast, Jarrad Prasifka joins us to discuss sunflower nectar and how much it affects wild bee preferences for sunflower lines.

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This episode is based on the Crop Science article, “Wild Bee Visitation Unaffected by Disparate Nectar Phenotypes in a Sunflower Inbred Line Population”: https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70093.
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