Sunflowers make bees poop—a lot.
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Bumble bees and other pollinators face many threats, including pesticide exposure, climate change, habitat loss due to agriculture and development pathogens that ravage multiple species, but a recent finding may help lighten their load. Previous studies have shown sunflower pollen can work like a medicine for bumblebees afflicted by a parasite called criteria bomb be a single celled organism that takes up residence in the baby's gut and harms their health, But scientists couldn't explain how sunflower pollen vanquished. See bobby. Did it boost the bee's immune function or perhaps poison the parasite directly?