Sci.NewsBreakingScienceNewsBumblebees May Self-Medicate when Their Colony Faces Fungal Pathogen | Sci.News
In a new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) exposed to a brood-killing fungus shifted their foraging habits toward nectar laced with a natural antimicrobial compound, offering a rare glimpse of behavior consistent with self-medication in a social insect.
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Interesting but not a remotely accurate title. They just slightly preferred something that would help them. How is that being an addict?
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