In a honey bee colony, the queen bee rules while her daughter workers do nothing but work. So what happens when the queen dies? Are there worker riots, with the colony dissolving into a chaotic mess? Surprisingly…
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Without good advice, governments are in extreme danger of creating erroneous or damaging public policy. So it’s a serious matter when a government science adviser is accused of ignoring scientific evidence…
News that the European Union (EU) has restricted the use of neonicotinoid insecticides was welcomed by scientists, farmers, beekeepers and politicians around the world. But the limitations of the restriction…
The European Union has just banned three pesticides thought to affect the learning behaviour of bees. The two-year ban, which takes effect in December, is in response to a dramatic drop in bee numbers…
Honey bees are thought to be the primary pollinators, but wild insects may be better. Two new studies, one published in Science…
Honeybees may have an advantage over other pollinators – caffeine improves performance. The findings, from Newcastle University…
The pollination networks between bees and flowers are not as robust as they were 100 years ago. Based on a comparative study…
Honeybees are in trouble - a stressful lifestyle and an unhealthy diet are being compounded by mite attacks - but we needn’t panic about pollination. Australia has many native bee (and other pollinator…
Adult honey bees can identify bee larvae that are infected by the parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, by detecting specific…
How do insects, given their poor visual resolution and small brains, cope with the huge challenge of finding food at more than one location and returning home immediately afterwards, day after day? Mathieu…
It is no coincidence that flowers have evolved to display the same coloured petals in different continents, according to…
Tiny snippets of genetic code called micro-RNAs are responsible for the highly scripted, age-dependent division of labour…
Honeybees that scout for new food sources or nest sites have gene activity in their brains associated with novelty-seeking…
In many countries there has been concern about a decline in honeybees. You may have even heard that honeybees face dangers so dire that their imminent decline threatens world food production, with potential…
Asian honey bees attempt to ward off would-be predators by vibrating their abdomens from side to side, researchers at the…
Scientists from the University of Illinois are studying eusociality - a system of collective living where most members of…
Bees are and plants are adapting to climate change in lockstep according to new research from Cornell University. Scientists…
In 2007, the world was introduced to a plague so disturbing it seemed almost biblical. Out of the blue, honey bees were dropping…
Bumblebees use complex problem-solving skills to minimise the energy they use when flying to collect food. For the bumblebee…
Monogamy has been found to enhance the cooperative social structure of insects such as bees, wasps and ants. These insects…
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