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1,549 results for: Bees

  1. Animals

    Honeybees still at risk

    Bees still suffering from colony collapse disorder.

    By Susan Milius
  2. 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
  3. Life

    Molecular Evolution

    Investigating the genetic books of life reveals new details of 'descent with modification' and the forces driving it.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Life

    Honeybees play follow-the-leaders

    Avert your eyes, Margaret, it's a streaker bee! High definition cameras have caught streaker honeybees flying fast above the swarm, leading the crowd to a new home.

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Life

    Giant honeybees do the wave

    Giant bees coordinate and make waves that would rival those in any football stadium. Predators of the bees don’t find it cheering.

    By Susan Milius
  6. Life

    Sting Operation

    Scientists use bees and wasps to sniff out the illicit and the dangerous.

    By Susan Gaidos

  7. Book Review: An Orchard Invisible: A Natural History of Seeds by Jonathan Silvertown

    Review by Susan Milius.

    By Science News
  8. Plants

    Fugitives spread bumblebee diseases

    Pathogens hitchhike on commercial bees that escape from greenhouses. These escapees bring disease to wild bumblebees.

    By Susan Milius
  9. Chemistry

    Flowerless plants make fancy amber

    A new analysis suggests that ancient seed plants made a version of the fossilized resin credited to more modern relatives

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  10. Psychology

    How to walk in circles without really trying

    People walk in circles when landmarks and other directional cues are not available.

    By Bruce Bower
  11. Chemistry

    Silk

    Mimicking how spiders make their complex array of silks could usher in a tapestry of new materials, and other animals or plants could be designed to be the producers.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  12. Ecosystems

    Better than a local lady

    Orchids lure male pollinators by mimicking the scent of out-of-town female bees.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg