Machine learning helps identify chemicals that repel honey bees from pesticides

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What happened

In a win for pollinator conservation, researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have developed a machine learning-based method to identify chemical compounds that can safely repel honey bees from pesticide-treated crops.

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:30:01 UTC.

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