Despite few taste genes, honey bees seek out essential nutrients based on floral resources

Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 13:02 in Health & Medicine

Despite having few taste genes, honey bees are fine-tuned to know what minerals the colony may lack and proactively seek out nutrients in conjunction with the season when their floral diet varies.

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