Contaminated Flowers (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh

Contaminated Flowers

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To determine whether nickel and aluminum in the flowers' nectar influenced bumblebee behavior, the researchers used two groups of uncontaminated flowers, one group of flowers contaminated by nickel, and another contaminated by aluminum.

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University of Pittsburgh

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