Coded Bees (IMAGE)

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Coded Bees

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Researchers tagged each honey bee with the equivalent of a QR code and used an automated system to study trophallaxis, a process by which the bees exchange regurgitated food and other liquids. The system allowed them to track how infection with IAPV affected the bees' trophallaxis social network.

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Photo by Tim Gernat

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