Hello, yes nectar cheating (both robbery and thievery) reduce nectar from the floral sink without transporting pollen. The pollen may not be harmful, it could raise from trait-mismatch.
Cheers!
Sachin
Excited to be at the British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2025.
Presenting a part of my PhD that looks at Nectar robbery.
Not all flower visitors are pollinators, some are cheaters too!
Poster: A4.83
16th Dec 2025
Lennox Suite
18:00-19:30 (GMT)
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Excited to share some cool results on the #visual #navigation of Asian weaver ants at #Behaviour2025 today @5:33 PM (Hall 7)
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Prof. Susan C. Alberts is giving the #Behaviour2025 keynote talk on her lifelong work on a non-human primate, the Amboseli baboons
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