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Sunflower pollen protects bees from parasites

Date: June 14, 2016

brood parasitism Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Colorado Sapyga Taraxacum Asteraceae Helianthus

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Jun 14, 2016( Phys.org - Science and Technology News: http://phys.org/ Delivered by Newstex) A Sapyga wasp lurking at the entrance of a mason bee nest in an artificial nesting structure. Credit: Jessica R. K. Forrest Plant pollens vary in quality as food sources for bees, and pollen from the sunflow

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