Honey bees can serve as sentinels for environmental health

August 28, 2026 · 5:40 pm 1 sources

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• Honey bees can serve as sentinels for environmental health
  Phys.org · August 28, 2026 17:40
  Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are widely known as essential pollinators, but researchers using a "One Health" approach have also identified them as biological sentinels of environmental health. Honey bees continuously interact with their surrounding environment through the collection of nectar,…