Natalia Biani, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Natalia Biani, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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Natalia Biani peers into a tropical sweat bee nest where mites clean up the cells where bee larvae grow.

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Juan C. Santos

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