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Mar. 08, 2013
Getting the Springtime Buzz on Bees
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With warmer weather (hopefully) just around the corner, what can we expect this spring from some of nature’s most important pollinators? Plus, new research on the electric fields in flowers and the effect of caffeine on honeybees offers fascinating glimpses into bee behavior.
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Produced by Denise Chow, Associate Producer
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Gregory Sutton
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
University of Bristol
Bristol, England -
Julie Mustard
Assistant Research Professor
School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona -
John Ascher
Research Scientist, Invertebrate Zoology
American Museum of Natural History
New York, New York
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