A Queen Bumble Bee on a Sunflower (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

A Queen Bumble Bee on a Sunflower

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UMass Amherst evolutionary ecologist Lynn Adler and others report found that eating sunflower pollen dramatically and consistently reduced a protozoan pathogen infection in bumble bees.

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UMass Amherst/Jonathan Giacomini

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