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I found this passage buried in Wikipedia's entry on Alfalfa, apparently written without a shred of irony. Oh, science, how you sometimes make me LOL.
Alfalfa pollination is somewhat problematic, however, because Western honey bees, the most commonly used pollinator, are not suitable for this purpose; the pollen-carrying keel of the Alfalfa flower trips and strikes pollinating bees on the head, which helps transfer the pollen to the foraging bee.[3] Western honey bees, however, do not like being struck in the head repeatedly and learn to defeat this action by drawing nectar from the side of the flower.
It gets even better from there, as we learn that young bees are stupid and get hit in the head most often, and that the alfalfa leafcutter bee is "a solitary but gregarious bee species." Entomologists for the win.
Alfalfa pollination is somewhat problematic, however, because Western honey bees, the most commonly used pollinator, are not suitable for this purpose; the pollen-carrying keel of the Alfalfa flower trips and strikes pollinating bees on the head, which helps transfer the pollen to the foraging bee.[3] Western honey bees, however, do not like being struck in the head repeatedly and learn to defeat this action by drawing nectar from the side of the flower.
It gets even better from there, as we learn that young bees are stupid and get hit in the head most often, and that the alfalfa leafcutter bee is "a solitary but gregarious bee species." Entomologists for the win.