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Honey detective work raises fears for bees – BBC News
Pollinators risk running short of food as wildflowers disappear in a “green desert”, experts warn.
By Helen BriggsBBC Environment correspondent
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image captionBrambles are a big source of food for honeybees
DNA detective work on honey has given a rare insight into the foraging habits of honeybees.
Scientists used genetic tools to discover which plants the pollinators visited in the countryside.
They compared this with a study from 1952, finding big shifts in the wildflowers available to bees.
In the 1950s, honeybees mainly gathered pollen and nectar from white clover….
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