Bumble Bee Collecting Nectar Containing Iridoid Glycoside Secondary Metabolites (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Bumble Bee Collecting Nectar Containing Iridoid Glycoside Secondary Metabolites

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UMass Amherst and Dartmouth researchers found that toxic chemicals in nectar reduced infection levels of the common bumblebee parasite by as much as 81 percent by seven days after infection.

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Leif Richardson, Dartmouth College

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