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[2] https://ucanr.edu/sites/PollenNation/....
[3] http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/dm/jam...
[4] https://www.degruyter.com/document/do...
[5] https://www.nature.com/articles/natur...
[6] https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bees/hi...
[7] https://www.degruyter.com/document/do...
[8] http://apps.usd.edu/coglab/WebersLaw.....
[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hick%27...
[10] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
[11] https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...