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1,543 results for: Bees

  1. Science & Society

    How we reported on the challenges of using ancestry tests to solve crimes

    Here’s how we found out what happened when an arrest was made in the Golden State Killer case that was tied to genetic testing.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Animals

    The mystery of vanishing honeybees is still not definitively solved

    The case has never been fully closed for colony collapse disorder, and now bees face bigger problems.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Animals

    How honeybees’ royal jelly might be baby glue, too

    A last-minute pH shift thickens royal jelly enough to stick queen larvae to the ceiling of hive cells.

    By Susan Milius
  4. Animals

    Sound-absorbent wings and fur help some moths evade bats

    Tiny ultrathin scales on some moth wings absorb sound waves sent out by bats on the hunt.

    By Jennifer Leman
  5. Animals

    Pollen hitches a ride on bees in all the right spots

    Flower reproduction depends on the pollen that collects in hard-to-reach spots on bees, a new study shows.

    By Maria Temming
  6. Animals

    Honeybees fumble their way to blueberry pollination

    Blueberry flowers drive honeybees to grappling, even stomping a leg or two down a bloom throat, to reach pollen.

    By Susan Milius
  7. Anthropology

    The way hunter-gatherers share food shows how cooperation evolved

    Camp customs override selfishness and generosity when foragers divvy up food, a study of East Africa’s Hazda hunter-gatherers shows.

    By Bruce Bower
  8. Agriculture

    Much of the world’s honey now contains bee-harming pesticides

    A controversial group of chemicals called neonicotinoids has a global impact, tests of honey samples show.

    By Laurel Hamers
  9. Life

    Nanoscale glitches let flowers make a blue blur that bees can see

    Bees learn about colorful floral rings faster when nanoscale arrays aren’t quite perfect.

    By Susan Milius
  10. Astronomy

    Young galaxies are flat, but old ones are more blobby

    A survey of hundreds of star systems precisely links the shape of a galaxy to the ages of its stars.

    By Lisa Grossman
  11. Animals

    It’s a bad idea for a toad to swallow a bombardier beetle

    Toads are tough. But there are some insects even they shouldn’t swallow.

    By Susan Milius
  12. Health & Medicine

    Nanosponges sop up toxins and help repair tissues

    Nanoparticles coated with blood cell membranes can move through the body to clean up toxins or heal tissues — without instigating an immune reaction.

    By Esther Landhuis