{
  "id": 4003097,
  "title": "Honey bees can serve as sentinels for environmental health",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/honey-bees-can-serve-as-sentinels-for-environmental-health",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-28T17:40:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-honey-bees-sentinels-environmental-health.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are widely known as essential pollinators, but researchers using a \"One Health\" approach have also identified them as biological sentinels of environmental health. Honey bees continuously interact with their surrounding environment through the collection of nectar, pollen and water and can therefore be exposed to contaminants present in agricultural and natural…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}