Sugar-poor diets wreak havoc on bumblebee queens' health

Thursday, February 27, 2020 - 21:01 in Biology & Nature

A new study shows that without adequate sugar, a bumblebee queen's fat body, which functions like a human liver, does not correctly produce enzymes required for healthy metabolism and detoxification from pesticides.

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