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- Animals
Swarm Savvy
How bees, ants and other animals avoid dumb collective decisions
By Susan Milius - Life
A honeybee tells two from three
Honeybees can generalize about numbers, at least up to three, a new study reports.
By Susan Milius -
- 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.
By Susan Milius - Chemistry
Beehive extract: Coming to the Tour de France?
Bees may have a performance-enhancing answer for hot blooded pursuits.
By Janet Raloff - 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.
- 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.
By Janet Raloff - Health & Medicine
Honeybee CSI: Why dead bodies can’t be found
Virus could explain one symptom of colony collapse.
By Susan Milius - 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.
By Sid Perkins - Animals
Textbook case of color-changing spider reopened
Female crab spiders switch colors to match flowers but may not fool their prey
By Susan Milius -
- 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 […]
By Science News