Category: Beekeeping
Researchers discover a gene in honey bees that causes virgin birth
by University of Sydney In a study published today in Current Biology, researchers from University of Sydney have identified the single gene that determines how Cape honey…
Bees can wear backpacks now thanks to the University of Washington
Image source: University of Washington By Mike Wehner@MikeWehnerDecember 14th, 2018 at 2:53 PM By Mike Wehner@MikeWehner December 14th, 2018 at 2:53 PM As you might have guessed,…
A single honeybee has cloned itself hundreds of millions of times
LIFE 8 June 2021 By Christa Lesté-Lasserre The workers of a South African subspecies of honeybee can clone themselves, with one individual having done so many millions of…
Honeybee ‘Trojan horse’ virus relies on bees’ habit of cannibalizing their young
By Cameron Duke – Live Science Contributor 12 days ago An increasingly virulent pathogen is turning hygienic cannibalism on its head. A virus that leaves…
The Mysterious Sex Lives of Hawaii’s Endangered Yellow-Faced Bees
By Joseph Castro December 01, 2016 In late September 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) added seven of Hawaii’s yellow-faced bee species to…
The Mysterious Sex Lives of Hawaii’s Endangered Yellow-Faced Bees
By Joseph Castro December 01, 2016 In late September 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) added seven of Hawaii’s yellow-faced bee species to the Endangered…
Pollen-starved bumblebees bite ‘half-moons’ into plants to make them bloom
By Nicoletta Lanese – Staff Writer May 21, 2020 Scientists don’t yet know when or how the behavior evolved. When their pollen supply runs short, bumblebees bore tiny half-moon-shaped…
How Gravity Messes with Honeybees’ Waggle Dance
By Jennifer Welsh April 17, 2012 Honeybees are known to communicate in a dance language called the waggle dance to point out the location of resources that…
Fly Parasite Turns Honeybees Into Zombies
By Joseph Castro January 03, 2012 If deadly viruses and fungi weren’t enough, honeybees in North America now must also deal with a fly parasite that causes…
Antenna Antics: Honeybees Are ‘Righties’
By Douglas Main June 27, 2013 Researchers found that honeybees with just their left antenna behaved more aggressively to their own hive mates, suggesting the bees are…
