Terence Painter of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and his associates have isolated from the moss a complex sugar that they believe is the real preservative
या मधमाश्‍या बांधकामासाठी कच्चा राळ जमा करतात आणि हे बांधकाम पूर्ण करायला त्यांना चार दिवस लागतात.