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Research reveals honey bee nest structure is surprisingly adaptive, resili
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers from Auburn University discovered that honey bee colonies had amazing abilities to adapt and retain their nest construction even in the face of severe shocks.
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Honey bee nest structure is surprisingly adaptive, resilient: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Auburn University researchers showed that honey bee colonies had extraordinary skills to adapt and preserve their nest construction even in the face of severe disturbances.
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Pune: 10 members of family hospitalised after being attacked by bees
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
As many as 10 members of a family were hospitalised after they were attacked by a swarm of honey bees in the Pune district of Maharashtra, an official said on Thursday.
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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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KVIC distributes over 330 'bee-boxes' under Re-Hab project to village in U
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on Monday inaugurated the ambitious Re-Hab Project (Reducing Human Attacks using Honey Bees).
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Study finds that honey bee life spans are 50 per cent shorter today than t
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A new study by entomologists shows that the lifespan for individual honey bees kept in a controlled, laboratory environment is 50 per cent shorter than it was in the 1970s.
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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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Shivamogga farmers urged to use eco-friendly ways to tackle pests, save ho
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], March 17 (ANI): Horticulture department of Shivamogga are requesting farmers to use eco-friendly methods to combat pest attacks and disease of crops and thereby save the honey bees, which contributes in a big way to pollination process.
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Researchers find why plant diversity is so important for bee diversity
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brighton [UK], February 10 (ANI): During summers, bumblebees and honey bees can be seen foraging on the same flower species, whether in Britain or many other countries. Now, researchers at the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects (LASI) at the University of Sussex, have found that dif
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AP: Honey bees attack Irrigation Minister in Kurnool
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Nov 30 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Irrigation Minister Anil Kumar Yadav was attacked by a swarm of honey bees while he was on a visit to a project in Banakacherla village in Kurnool district on Friday.
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Telangana school students attacked by bees, 1 student critical
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mehboobnagar (Telangana) [India], July 6 (ANI): As many as 20 children at a government school at Koilkonda mandal here were attacked by honey bees at Suraram district of Mehboobnagar on Saturday morning.
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Here's why honey bee colonies are in danger
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): Pesticides, diseases, poor nutrition and habitat loss are threatening honey bee colonies around the world. But according to a recent study, one threat stands well above the others, a parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, which specialises in attacking honey
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