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PHOTOGRAPH BY BILL BERRY, GETTY
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Flower power: Sunflower pollen can vanquish parasites in bumblebees—but until recently, scientists didn’t know how. That was until PhD student Jonathan Giacomini took a close look at the poop from “medicated” bees. Under a black light, he says, “It was very dazzling—it almost looked like a galaxy.” And, there was a a lot of it, leading to his surprising find, Nat Geo reports. (A common eastern bumblebee gathers pollon on a sunflower, above.)
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