News tagged with honey
Bees show off the perfect landing
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Honey bees undergo a sudden transition from speeding aircraft to hovering helicopter as they perform the delicate art of landing on a flower.
Wiggling and waggling: Study sheds light on amazing bee brain
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Their brains are tiny - about the size of sesame seeds - and yet the behaviour of the humble honey bee is so advanced it has scientists scratching their heads in disbelief.
Bees Throw Out Mites
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Honey bees are now fighting back aggressively against Varroa mites, thanks to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) efforts to develop bees with a genetic trait that allows them to more easily find the mites ...
Aircraft that can see for themselves (w/ Video)
Nov 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers have made two important advances in the development of unmanned aircraft capable of seeing for themselves as they fly fast and low over dangerous terrain.
Rapacious Rasberry ants march north
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Poor Texas. First it was killer bees, then fire ants. Now, it's the Rasberry ants.
Immunity-Related Genes in Leafcutting Bee Uncovered
Nov 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first analysis of immunity-related genes in a solitary bee has been conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators.
Give thanks to the bee
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When we sit down to give thanks at the traditional Thanksgiving dinner, we should also be thanking the honey bee.
Honey bees on cocaine dance more, changing ideas about the insect brain
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Dec 23, 2008 |
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In a study that challenges current ideas about the insect brain, researchers have found that honey bees on cocaine tend to exaggerate.
How manuka honey helps fight infection
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Manuka honey may kill bacteria by destroying key bacterial proteins. Dr Rowena Jenkins and colleagues from the University of Wales Institute - Cardiff investigated the mechanisms of manuka honey action and found that its ...
Physicist gets buzz from better bee behaviour model
Oct 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A physicist at the University of Manchester has paved the way for better research into how honey bees choose where to live.
Genomic study yields plausible cause of colony collapse disorder
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Researchers report this week that they have found a surprising but reliable marker of colony collapse disorder, a baffling malady that in 2007-2008 killed off more than a third of commercial honey bees in ...
A cure for honey bee colony collapse?
Apr 14, 2009 |
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For the first time, scientists have isolated the parasite Nosema ceranae (Microsporidia) from professional apiaries suffering from honey bee colony depopulation syndrome. They then went on to treat the infection with comple ...
A young brain for an old bee
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Scientists have found that by switching the social role of honey bees, aging honey bees can keep their learning ability intact or even improve it. The research team is hoping to use them as a model to study ...
Bee-killing parasite genome sequenced
Jun 05, 2009 |
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Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have sequenced the genome of a parasite that can kill honey bees. Nosema ceranae is one of many pathogens suspected of contributing to the current bee population decline, termed ...
Honeybees are on the rise but demand grows faster
May 07, 2009 |
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The notion that a decline in pollinators may threaten the human food supply - producing a situation that has been referred to as a "pollination crisis" - can be considered a myth, at least where honey bees ...
