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The term polylecty is used in pollination ecology to refer to bees that collect pollen from a range of unrelated plants.[1][2] honey bees are a prime example of this behavior, collecting nectar from a wide array of flowers. Other predominantly polylectic genera include Bombus, Ceratina, Heriades and Halictus.[3][4] The opposite term is oligolecty, and refers to bees that exhibit a narrow, specialized preference for pollen sources, typically to a single family or genus of flowering plants.
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