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Honey bees inherit altruistic traits from their mother - Earth.com
Oct 13, 2023 ... The researchers discovered that worker bees inherit genes that heighten their sensitivity to this pheromone from both parental lines. However, ...
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Sri Lankan elephants are afraid of honey bees - Earth.com
Jan 23, 2018 ... A new study in Sri Lanka has demonstrated that Asian elephants retreat from the simulated sound of angry honey bees.
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Honey bees are suffering from nutritional stress - Earth.com
Jun 30, 2022 ... However, one of the primary causes of honey bee decline is larval nutritional stress caused by the very industry that depends on them.
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Honey bees are experts at social distancing - Earth.com
Oct 29, 2021 ... The international team of scientists looked at how honey bee hives react to the presence of one of an ectoparasitic threat – the Varro mite ( ...
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World honey bee day: Celebrating bees and beekeepers across the ...
Aug 19, 2023 ... World honey bee day: Celebrating bees and beekeepers across the globe ... At the heart of World Honey Bee Day is a mission: to shed light on the ...
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Honey bees use a contagious warning signal to scare off hornets ...
Dec 8, 2020 ... Guard bees use an intimidating visual approach, known as an "I see you" (ISY) warning signal, to discourage hornets from launching an ...
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Bees do not learn to be cooperative - it is in their genes - Earth.com
Nov 4, 2024 ... Scientists uncover how a single gene drives honey bee cooperation, revealing the genetic basis behind hive behavior and social unity.
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Widely used pesticide could cause even more honey bee deaths ...
Apr 26, 2017 ... Biologists at UC San Diego have shown that the popular pesticide thiamethoxam can significantly damage the ability of honey bees to fly.
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Africanized Honey Bees - Earth.com
Sep 27, 2021 ... While honey bees sting to educate and defend, killer bees mobilize as an entire colony if their hive is attacked. Due to their sheer numbers ...
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Honey bees refine their dancing skills by watching others - Earth.com
Mar 9, 2023 ... The experts observed how a successful foraging bee returns to the hive and performs a waggle dance to communicate that it has located a good ...
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