EcologybioRxivPreprint
Self-medicating behavior in bumble bees has cascading consequences for pollination and plant reproduction
Gordon M. Fitch, Brooke Donzelli, Rebecca E. Irwin…·Lynn S. Adler
This study shows that bumble bee self-medication behavior affects pollination and plant reproduction, with infected bees preferring medicinal plant chemotypes, leading to increased medicinal plant offspring.
DOI 10.1101/2025.07.21.665926