How to teach a honeybee to do math
Despite their “miniature brains,” honeybees can harness both long-term rules and short-term memory in order to solve math problems.
This common herb will keep bee pollinators buzzing in your garden
There is a common assumption that those plants which delight human eyes will also be the most attractive for bees. Two scientists at the University of Sussex can offer a more empirical take.
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From the wing of a wasp, scientists discover a new beer-making yeast
If you enjoy a beer on a summer day, you can thank yeast, the microbes that ferment sugar into alcohol and give beer its character. After innumerable generations of using just two types of yeast, a lab in North Carolina…
Insect venom shortage stings allergy sufferers this summer
Allergists are warning of a shortage of a little-known product — honeybee, hornet and wasp venom extracts used in shots that prevent life-threatening reactions.
Neonicotinoid pesticides commonly found in agricultural areas kill bees and hurt their ability to reproduce, two separate large-scale studies confirmed Thursday.
Only two species of yeast --- ale yeast and lager yeast -- have been used for traditional beer brewing over the last 600 years. A lab in North Carolina may have found a third in the strangest place: On bees…
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Scientists teach bees how to solve puzzles, who in turn teach the solution to other bees.
For the first time in the U.S., bees have been placed under the protection of the Endangered Species Act.
