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Feb 2015
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Nectar Helps Bees’ Medicine Go Down

مجلة Scientific American
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In addition to fuel, nectar from various plant species contains chemical compounds that reduce the numbers of a common gut parasite in bumblebees. Christopher Intagliata reports

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