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Bees need honey’s natural pharmaceuticals

Ingredients trigger insects' genes for detoxification and immune defenses

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

Honey is more than a sweet treat to bees. It turns out that it doses honeybees with certain compounds that switch on their detox defenses.

NATURE’S DETOX A honeybee collecting pollen and nectar from flowers makes honey with natural detox-boosters that may be missing from commercial bee foods. Joseph Berger/Bugwood.org