Honeybees as plant 'bodyguards'

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 09:43 in Biology & Nature

Honeybees are important to plants for reasons that go beyond pollination, according to a new study published in the 23rd December issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. The insects' buzz also defends plants against the caterpillars that would otherwise munch on them undisturbed...

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