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The spiky shape of sunflower pollen may clear bee guts of parasite

An jap bumblebee gathering pollen from a sunflower William Berry / Alamy Inventory Picture The spiny texture of sunflower pollen reduces infections of a typical intestine pathogen in bees by as much as 94 per cent. Wild crops and meals crops rely closely on bees for pollination. The lack of habitat and widespread pesticide use has pushed most bee species…