Most are familiar with the common honeysuckle shrubs but there is also a honeysuckle vine called Dropmore Scarlet honeysuckle (Lonicera x brownii) which has trumpet trumpet- shaped scarlet flowers and blooms prolifically from late spring to frost. There is also a white-flowered honeysuckle vine attracting both hummingbirds and butterflies. Honeysuckles produce nectar at the base of a long tubular flower. But some short-tongued bees cheat by biting a hole near the honeysuckle’s flower base, stealing the nectar without pollinating the plant. Scientists call this "nectar robbing."
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