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The existence of flowering plants depends on specific pollinators
A male bee (orchid bee) is collecting aroma compounds from the flowers of the orchid Notylia. The female bee (orchid bee) will choose a partner based on a blend of chemi…
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The smartest man in the animal world
Biologists from the Queen Mary School of Chemical and Biological Sciences at the University of London found that bees can calculate the best route between flowers.
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Found bumblebees have huge teeth
A bumblebee was a male with huge teeth that, when opened, were even longer than its front legs, newly discovered on Sulawesi Island (Indonesia).
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Ability to neutralize toxic insecticides of honey bees
Researchers at the University of Illinois, USA, discovered intestinal enzymes of honey bees that can neutralize poisons of pesticides commonly used to kill ticks in hone…
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Using bees to kill caterpillars
China will release 600 million bees this month, to kill moth-destroying moths - according to Xinhua on August 8.
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4 new viruses have been found causing massive bee deaths
After 10 months of research, the University of California, USA (UOC) experts have discovered four strange viruses that cause mass deaths in healthy bees.
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Spin the flying scene of microscopic insects
The research group from Wageningen University (Netherlands) was the first to implement high-speed camera footage of parasitic insects with wingspan of about 1mm.
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Mobile phones will reduce the number of bees
Two months ago, the United Nations Environment Program published a research report on the status of bees worldwide.
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The United Nations calls on the world to save bees
The number of bees around the world is declining at an alarming rate, at the same time calling on the international community to save bees because they are very importan…
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Investigate the death of 20,000 bees
A museum in Canada is investigating the unexpected deaths of 20,000 honey bees living in a special nest, wrapped in a glass layer placed in a gallery at the museum.
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Detection of massacre of honey bees in America
Scientists have found the main cause of the decline of honey bees, threatening the ecological imbalance in recent times is due to a virus spread through the process of p…
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Bumblebee is almost disappearing in the US
Four species of bees that are popular in the US are almost disappearing from this country, a finding contributing to confirm the alarming reality is being recorded globa…
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Any solution to the mysterious decline of bees
The sudden death of the millions of millions of bees in many parts of the world in the same period of time is the old story many years ago. People again make assumptions…
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Hornets use solar energy
This Eastern bee species belongs to the bumblebee family, which has a special structure on the abdominal cavity that helps capture sunlight, and a special pigment that c…
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When a bee loses sleep
Nobody works well when tired, and insects are no exception. Like humans, bees when sleepiness becomes a bad dancer and a poor communicator, according to New Scientist ma…