NSP Faculty in the News: Gene Robinson, Illinois entomology professor and executive director and CEO of the Discovery Partners Institute
July 20, 2026
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BEES Earth.com (Telluride, Colo., July 16) — Gene Robinson, Illinois entomology professor and executive director and CEO of the Discovery Partners Institute, led a study seeking to understand if a young bee never has to find its own food, does it still need to smell the world around it? “Larval honey bees might be able to only taste, but not smell, their food,” Robinson says. more |