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Bees 'Self-medicate' When Infected With Some Pathogens

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Bees 'Self-medicate' When Infected With Some Pathogens

http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123743

March 30, 2012
Research from North Carolina State University shows that honey bees "self-medicate" when their colony is infected with a harmful fungus, bringing in increased amounts of antifungal plant resins to ward off the pathogen. Full Story
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