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Cheating bees hurt flower reproduction
pollinator declineCrested ButteRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryRocky MountainsColoradoApis melliferaDelphiniumBombus
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Jul 24, 2013 (Futurity.org:http://www.futurity.org Delivered by Newstex) EMORY (US) — Removing a single bumblebee species leads remaining bees to 'cheat' on their flowers of choice, which results in significantly fewer seeds. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
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