Mystery toxins in tainted New Zealand honey nabbed
Chemical analysis traces toxic trouble from bees back to a plant’s stealthy biological defense
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TOXIC TRAIL Researchers have discovered a trail of covert forms of tutin, a potent neurotoxin, that goes from tutu shrubs (far left) to passionvine hoppers (center left) to European honeybees (center right) to honey (far right).
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