Live-in Domestics: Mites As Maids In Tropical Rainforest Sweat Bee Nests
Monday, April 27, 2009 - 17:35
in Biology & Nature
Mites not only inhabit the dust bunnies under your bed, they also occupy the nests of tropical sweat bees where they keep fungi in check. Bees and their young are healthier when mites live-in, according to new research.
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