Pollen as Bee Medicine: Is Prevention Better than Cure?
To face environmental stressors such as infection, animals may display behavioural plasticity to improve their physiological status through ingestion of specific food. In bees, the significance of medicating pollen may be limited by their ability to exploit it. Until now, studies have focused on the...
Main Authors: | Maryse Vanderplanck, Lucie Marin, Denis Michez, Antoine Gekière |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-03-01
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Series: | Biology |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/4/497 |
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