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Apr 20, 2021

Beehives Are Held Together by Their Mutual Gut Microbes

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

New research shows that members of a bee colony all have the same gut microbiome, which controls their smell—and thus their ability to separate family from foe.

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This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Shahla Farzan.

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