CATCH THE BUZZ – Status Change For Antibiotics In A Beehive. Bees, It Seems,...
From I. Barton Smith, Entomologist, USDA Honey Bee Research Lab, Beltsville, MD (If the links contained here do not work, simply copy and paste into your browser) On December 11, 2013, The U.S. Food...
View ArticleCATCH THE BUZZ – Honey Bees in Space!
In 1989 NASA sent honey bees into space as part of a student experimental program to investigate if honey bees could fly, and what kind of comb they would build in microgravity environments. The link...
View ArticleCATCH THE BUZZ – Hive Size Matters, It Seems
University of Idaho professor Brian Dennis is helping scientists understand a baffling but vitally important puzzle: What is causing the decline of honey bees? Working in collaboration with William...
View ArticleCATCH THE BUZZ – Less Color Is The Key
Alan Harman Iridescent flowers are never as dramatically rainbow-colored as iridescent beetles, birds or fish and that’s because they tone down the iridescence of their petals and avoid confusing bees...
View ArticleCATCH THE BUZZ – Chlorpyrifos Hampers Honey Bee Learning and Memory, is...
Alan Harman Honeybees suffer severe learning and memory deficits after ingesting very small doses of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, potentially threatening their success and survival, new research from...
View ArticleCATCH THE BUZZ – Biologists Discover Sophisticated ‘Alarm’ Signals in Honey...
University of California – San Diego Bees can use sophisticated signals to warn their nestmates about the level of danger from predators attacking foragers or the nest, according to a new study....
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Researchers discover how honey bees ‘telescope’ their abdomens
Honey Bee Abdominal Motion at 500 Frames Per Second (video) Entomological Society of America Honey Bee Abdominal Motion at 500 Frames Per Second (video) shows the motion of a honey bee abdomen at a...
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Can Worker Bees Infect the Queen with Viruses?
Can Worker Bees Infect the Queen with Viruses? By: Carolyn Bernhardt Worker honeybees feed, groom, and tend to the queen throughout her lifetime, which could theoretically provide an opportunity for...
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