Honeybees As Plant 'Bodyguards'
Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 22:42
in Biology & Nature
Honeybees are important to plants for reasons that go beyond pollination, according to a new study in Current Biology. The insects' buzz also defends plants against the caterpillars that would otherwise munch on them undisturbed.
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