“Before conducting the experiment we thought the bees would have a much higher metabolism in degraded areas because they would need to travel further in search of food,” Professor Bradshaw said.

“Surprisingly we found the opposite. The metabolic rate of bees in natural woodland was actually significantly higher than in a degraded environment,” Professor Bradshaw said.

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