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Bees love caffeine! Maybe a little too much. Why do so many plants have caffeine in their pollen? And how can researchers use this to their advantage? Tyler and Nick dive into the relationship between caffeine and honeybees. This is a bee episode!

Sources:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521368/#:~:text=Two%20caffeine%2Dproducing%20plant%20genera,bees%20(8%2C%209).

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/12/our-better-nature-bees-and-other-creatures-like-getting-buzzed-on-caffeine/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26480843/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210728111319.htm

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/how-plants-manipulate-bees-with-caffeine