Example sentences for: nectar

How can you use “nectar” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • If we continue to add bees one at a time to this community, then sooner or later, the number of bees will no longer be sufficiently low for us to ignore their depleting effect on the nectar available.

  • Bees could impose several costs on the ancestral bird flowers; for example, the number of hummingbird visits may depend on the amount of nectar available in the flowers.

  • The traditional explanation for this association is that, since red is inconspicuous to bees, it evolved to prevent bees from depleting the nectar of bird-pollinated flowers without effecting pollination.

  • Plants face a trade-off between attracting pollinators and remaining hidden from flower parasites (such as nectar robbers and seed predators).

  • The question is: how many birds and bees should forage at the red and blue patches so that their intake of nectar is maximised?


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