Plastic sheeting with leaf-cutter bee cut-outs (IMAGE)

Utah State University

Plastic sheeting with leaf-cutter bee cut-outs

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Joseph Wilson, associate professor of biology at Utah State University-Tooele, handles pieces of plastic sheeting with tell-tale circular cut-outs made by leaf-cutter bees. Wilson says the solitary bees use the plastic in nest construction, which could harm their offspring.

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