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"Our novel results highlight that secondary metabolites in floral nectar may play a vital role in reducing bee-parasite interactions," said Rebecca Irwin, the senior author of the new study, in a news release.
Date: Feb 19, 2015
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Nicotine, Other Chemicals Reduce Gut Parasite in Bumblebees | The Weather ...
Bees are affected by a diversity of parasites. We studied one of them, Rebecca Irwin, a Dartmouth pollination biologist, explained to weather.com. We asked the question of whether natural chemicals that are produced by plants and their nectar, could those be used to reduce disease load in bees?