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Honeybees 'entomb' hives to protect against pesticides, say scientists. 'Entombed' pollen is identified as having sunken, wax-covered cells amid 'normal', uncapped cells.

Honeybees 'entomb' hives to protect against pesticides, say scientists

Photograph: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology Honeybees are taking emergency measures to protect their hives from pesticides, in an extraordinary example of the natural world adapting swiftly to our depredations, according to a prominent bee expert. Scientists have found numerous examples of a new phenomenon – bees "entombing" or sealing up hive cells full of pollen to put them out of use, and protect the rest of the hive from their contents.

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