Summer bees vulnerable to nanoparticles in fuel additives

Close up of honey bees on honey combs

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Cerium oxide nanoparticles cause biochemical changes in honeybees

Slovenian scientists have observed biochemcial and behavioural changes in summer honeybees that they exposed to cerium oxide, which can be present in the environment owing to its use as a fuel catalyst

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