Why Bumblebees Choose Nicotine - It Fights Off Parasites

Monday, April 27, 2015 - 15:40 in Biology & Nature

Researchers gave bumblebees the option to choose between a sugar solution with nicotine in it and one without and found that bees infected with the Crithidia bombi parasite were more likely to go for the nicotine-laced nectar than those that weren't infected. read more

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