Manganese turns honeybees into bumbling foragers

Small doses of the heavy metal alter insects’ behavior

Honeybee

FIT TO FORAGE?  Small amounts of manganese can interfere with honeybee foraging, a new study finds, making them take longer food-gathering journeys and finish fewer trips than healthy insects.

Maciej A. Czyzewski (CC BY-SA 4.0)

A heavy metal pollutant muddles honeybee behavior.