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FOR BEES, DIET ISN'T ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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FOR BEES, DIET ISN'T ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL

By: Targeted News Service Dateline: EVANSTON, Illinois

Date: August 27, 2025

pollinator decline Evanston Colorado Rockies Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Bombus

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Northwestern University posted the following news release: *** * * Link to: Northwestern Now Story * New study tracked eight bumble bee species in the wild across eight years * Scientists recorded which flowers bees visited and calculated macronutrients in pollen from 35 flower species * Bee species

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