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The bees with the most to lose: how rising CO₂ is reshaping pollination from the top down
New research from India finds that larger pollinators lose the most fitness as atmospheric CO₂ rises, with implications for food systems well beyond the experimental plots.

Desk note. Monexus framed this as a structural story about which pollinators do which work, rather than a generic "bees are in trouble" piece. The wire framing tends to centre honeybees and Western hobbyist concern; the research itself, conducted at an Indian field station on Himalayan bumblebees, sits closer to a smallholder-horticulture story that rarely makes the front page.
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