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Study reveals pesticides, adjuvants disrupt honey bee's sense of smell
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Pesticide sprays have long been known to be hazardous to honey bees. Researchers discovered the effect of such sprays on bees' sense of smell in a new study, which could disrupt their social signals.
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Honey bees use social learning to enhance their waggle dance: Study
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and the University of California San Diego demonstrated in a study published in Science that honey bees use social signal learning to increase their capacity to waggle dance.
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Bees locate their queen by performing cascade of 'scenting' events: Study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 24 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers have found that the bees collectively located their queen via olfactory communication, in which they release pheromones and direct the pheromones toward other bees by fanning their wings.
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