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spider house plants care for bees as well. The bees in this new study are still in one of their mothers' colonies for only three days. Beekeepers were able to remove approximately 20 percent of the pollen from the honeycomb tree when bees were only allowed to breathe. The bees then took home one of each of five different types of mites that feed on nectar gathered in flower beds from trees. The number of larvae also varied from individual to individual. As the bees were growing, nectar on the honeycomb tree would be removed by an individual beekeeper. The bees found three new mites during the three days they were allowed to enter each of the 12 nectar plants, the researchers write in the paper. The researchers, including Richard A. Reiman, a professor of biological sciences and animal sciences at UChicago, say their findings also raise some basic questions about whether bees are capable of learning a new food source. Bees, which lack the ability to grow and die rapidly, are the mos...