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) visits to collect nectar are only common when hummingbird visits are rare (Mayfield et al.
Now add a few bees to this community of birds, sufficiently few that their intake of nectar is negligible.
It is rather a question of relative efficiency that makes bees avoid red flowers when birds are depleting their nectar; it would work just as well if birds were colourblind and perceived red flowers as badly as flowers of other colours.
The expected intake rate is the average amount of nectar obtained per flower (or standing crop) divided by the time it takes to find and exploit a flower.
However, Waddington (2001) found that the relationship between actual and perceived nectar quality is nonlinear.