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This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute?

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Orchids are botany's great mimics, all in the service of getting pollinated.

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Some have evolved to resemble female wasps to attract males.

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Others produce odors that smell like potential mates or like more attractive flowers.

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Now a study published in the journal Current Biology adds another form of floral fabrication to this list:

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an orchid that releases the exact same chemical compound that honeybees use to alert their hive mates.

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Why? Because the bees are the favorite food of the larvae of Vespa hornets.

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And when the orchid Dendrobium sinense sends out these false alarms, the hornets pounce on the petals, thinking they'll bring a bee dinner home to the kids.

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Instead they become unwitting pollinators.

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Researchers were intrigued by the hornets' mysterious violent attacks on the orchids.

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They were able to isolate the pheromone the flower uses to drive the hornets wild.

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The finding might find use in agriculture.

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The Vespa hornet is a big pest for commercial beekeepers.

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This research could help develop environmentally friendly, species-specific traps to control the Vespa population, and take the sting out of these problematic pollinators.

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Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer.

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