New weapon: Stingless bees help protect crops

Updated December 26 2017 - 2:35pm, first published December 24 2017 - 12:00pm
ALL THE BUZZ: Stingless bees latest weapon in arsenal to protect Australian fruit, nut, vegetable and cut flower crops.
ALL THE BUZZ: Stingless bees latest weapon in arsenal to protect Australian fruit, nut, vegetable and cut flower crops.

Researchers are boosting their understanding of native stingless bees as pollinators in a $10 million effort to help safeguard Australia’s fruit, nut, vegetable and cut flower supply into the future. 

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