Out today in pre-print from UTAustin's Moran Lab: Mexican honey wasps apparently acquired gut bacteria from honey-feeding bees (like bumble bees) to help them digest their new diet.
Honey wasps? Yes, they're real.
#Entomology #Science #Insects #Wasps #Microbiome
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.27.609949v1
Alex Wild /
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2024-08-28 15:37:43
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