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Which insect is the smartest?
Many experiments have been conducted to test the capabilities of insect brains and the results have been surprising.
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Honeybees - 'warriors' protecting crops from elephants' destruction
A study published in the journal 'Conservation Science and Practice' found that keeping honeybees on fences around small farms in Kenya helped deter crop-destroying elep…
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How unmatched are hornets when just 30 of them are enough to 'clean up' 30,000 honey bees in just 3 hours
Hornets are bees originating from Asia, possessing amazing strength and aggression.
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Surprised with the ability to know even and odd numbers of honey bees
A published study shows that honey bees can learn to calculate even and odd numbers just like humans.
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Strange phenomenon when honey bees fly over the mirror
Experts fly honey bees through tunnels fitted with mirrors in the ceiling and floor, and then observe how they fly when the mirror is hidden or exposed.
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30,000 honey bees nest in the house wall
A beekeeper is called in to rescue a nest of honey bees that live in a residential wall in Lancashire.
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Ants also know how to pollinate flowers?
Researchers have discovered that the flowering Conospermum plants in southwestern Australia have grown to allow ants to pollinate them as effectively as native bees.
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'Biological mystery' in South African honey bees
The ability to produce only females gives all South African worker bees the chance to genetically 'regenerate' into a new queen.
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Power lines make honey bees more violent
The scientists found that the honey bee Apis mellifera exposed to electromagnetic fields similar to the electromagnetic fields near the ground surface around power lines…
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The defense mechanism of Japanese honey bees makes Asian corn bees away
What a natural wonder!
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The world's first vaccine for honey bees
The first vaccine in the world for honey bees prepared by Finnish scientists will be mixed into the queen bee's feed and transmit disease resistance to all future bee ge…
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Pollination crisis: myths?
The idea that pollinating pollinators could threaten human food supplies - creating a situation called 'pollination crisis' - could be considered a myth.
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How do honeybee clusters overcome the wind blows?
A strong wind cannot drop a cluster of honey bees, and now scientists are beginning to understand the reason.
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Not only humans, bees are also stressed out for work
Every day, bees have to make many trips with long distances to gather important resources from chalk and nectar.
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Find out the 'secret' to make honey bees into queen bees
In a recent article in PLOS Genetics, scientists found that molecules in the food mixture of honey bee larvae affect their physiological changes.