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1,547 results for: Bees

  1. Animals

    Swarm Savvy

    How bees, ants and other animals avoid dumb collective decisions

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  2. Life

    A honeybee tells two from three

    Honeybees can generalize about numbers, at least up to three, a new study reports.

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  3. Life

    Robot spider vs. bee

    Learning about predators’ tricks can make a bee paranoid.

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  4. Life

    Funny smell may have split bee species

    Among male bees that create their own perfume, a change in the sense of smell might mean a split in species.

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  5. Chemistry

    Beehive extract: Coming to the Tour de France?

    Bees may have a performance-enhancing answer for hot blooded pursuits.

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  6. Humans

    Intel ISEF winners announced

    Projects on smarter roundworms, glowing bacteria as pollutant detectors and the shared history of bees and nematodes take three top spots; Seaborg winner also named.

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  7. Agriculture

    Bee-Loved Plantings

    Zipcode-organized guidelines tell gardeners, farmers and others how to design a landscape that will not only entice pollinators but also keep these horticultural helpers happy.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Honeybee CSI: Why dead bodies can’t be found

    Virus could explain one symptom of colony collapse.

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  9. Life

    Killer bee colonization

    A NASA project will combine satellite observations of plant growth in the continental United States and projections of how climate might change in coming years to estimate where “killer bees” could ultimately survive in the wild.

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  10. Animals

    Textbook case of color-changing spider reopened

    Female crab spiders switch colors to match flowers but may not fool their prey

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  11. Animals

    Honeybees still at risk

    Bees still suffering from colony collapse disorder.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    2009 Science News of the Year: Nutrition

    Natural vanilla extract comes from pods (shown), but most vanillin is synthesized in the lab. Credit: De-Kay/istockphoto That yeast smells good Yeast has long been pressed into service for making beer and bread. Now the fungus has been tapped for a loftier flavor: vanillin, vanilla’s dominant compound (SN: 5/23/09, p. 9). Natural vanilla comes from […]

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