ki i ▁colon ies ▁does ▁not ▁drive ▁any ▁select ive ▁pressure ▁in ▁their ▁for aging ▁behav iors . ▁ ▁Additionally , ▁the ▁be e ▁does ▁not ▁for age ▁based ▁on ▁abund ance ▁or ▁avail ability . ▁There ▁is ▁little ▁correlation ▁between ▁the ▁most ▁available , ▁and ▁the ▁most ▁for aged ▁fl oral ▁tax a ▁for ▁this ▁species . ▁There ▁are ▁some ▁species , ▁including ▁the ▁L . ▁cor nic ul atus , ▁P . ▁mont ana , ▁and ▁La . ▁sto ech as ▁which ▁are ▁highly ▁preferred ▁by ▁the ▁be e ▁despite ▁their ▁relatively ▁lower ▁abund ances . ▁Again , ▁these ▁ranked ▁prefer ences ▁are ▁similar ▁between ▁be es ▁that ▁share ▁regions , ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁individual ▁be es ▁and ▁their ▁col ony - m ates . ▁ ▁The ▁yellow - fac ed ▁b umble be e ▁appears ▁to ▁select ▁its ▁for aging ▁locations ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁divers ity ▁of ▁available ▁fl ora ▁in ▁a ▁given ▁region , ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁fl oral ▁density . ▁This ▁means ▁that ▁the ▁be es ▁are ▁willing ▁to ▁travel ▁longer ▁distances ▁to ▁for age ▁from ▁patch es ▁that ▁have ▁wider ▁vari eties ▁of ▁available ▁fl oral ▁tax a . ▁A ▁possible ▁explanation ▁for ▁this ▁behavior ▁is ▁a ▁necessity ▁by ▁the ▁be e ▁to ▁increase ▁the ▁variety ▁of ▁nut ri ents ▁it ▁int akes ▁by ▁divers ifying ▁its ▁ne ct ar ▁consumption . ▁Additionally , ▁be es ▁which ▁develop ▁prefer ences ▁for ▁varied ▁plant ▁gener a ▁are ▁likely ▁to ▁have ▁more ▁stable ▁food ▁resources ▁over ▁long ▁periods ▁of