Life is not always easy for a bee: Not all plants place their pollen outside. Some flowers have to be set to vibrating before ...
What determines which tasks bees perform in their colony? Biologists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the universities in Cologne and Frankfurt/Main have investigated the role ...
Honey is the sweet, sticky, delicious condiment that’s loved across the world. In 2021, the global honey industry was valued at approximately $8 billion, per Statista. Bees work overtime to produce ...
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Bees view the world in surprisingly different ways – understanding this could inspire new technology
Some of the most impressive visual performances measured in a new study came from rarely studied, solitary species.
Small bee species can have surprisingly sharp vision, showing that large eyes are not always needed to see clearly.
The experiment was part of NASA's STS-41C mission and had two main goals. Researchers wanted to see how honeybees behaved and survived in microgravity. They also wanted to compare the honeycomb built ...
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