Busy Bees: Variation in Insect Flower-Visiting Rates across Multiple Plant Species

Table 1

Summary of rate data showing number of observations, the mean rate, and the post hoc significance. Rows are ordered according to visitation rate. In all, we collected rate data (flowers probed/minute) from 2987 insects.

Insect group	Observations ()	Mean rate/minute	Post hoc significance
Bumble bees	524	11.5	a
Honey bees	808	9.2	b
Non-Apidae bees	114	5.2	c
Hoverflies	479	4.8	d
Wasps	128	4.3	e
Butterflies	668	3.9	f
Flies (others)	52	3.4	gf
Moths	81	3.2	g
Beetles	133	2.2	h