Researchers at France's National Institute for agricultural research have discovered some interesting behaviours of bees.

Pollen deprived bumble bees have been observed nipping the leaves of plants in crops, which sees flowers from the damaged plants, moving up to 30 days earlier than their usual cycle.

Researchers are still unsure about how biting the leaves of these plants speeds up the blooming process.

The behaviour is believed to be the bees response to a shortage of pollen.