Radar tracking uncovers mystery of where honeybee drones have sex
An interesting article on Phys.org – Radar tracking uncovers mystery of where honeybee drones have sex
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Honey bee behaviours within the hive: Insights from long-term video analysis
A fascinating research article with amazing videos
Continue reading →Honey detective work raises fears for bees
An interesting article on the BBC News – DNA detective work on honey has given a rare insight into the foraging habits of honeybees.
Continue reading →Even Moderate Drought Conditions are Bad for Bees
A very interesting article from Entomology Today, well worth a read!
Continue reading →Ivy Bees
In early September, small bees flying a few inches over a dry sunny patch of garden will most likely be ivy bees (colletes hedera). They look very similar to honey bees though their stripes are more clearly defined. They’re solitary creatures and the low-flying, stingless drones fly around waiting for new females to emerge from tunnels created … Continue reading →
A Bee C: Scientists translate honeybee queen duets
An interesting article on the BBC. The wording about feeding the bees in “sealed cells” could be better but interesting all the same!
Continue reading →Researchers discover a gene in honey bees that causes virgin birth
Looking at parthenogenesis in Cape honeybees https://phys.org/news/2020-05-gene-honey-bees-virgin-birth.html
Continue reading →Chronic bee paralysis as a serious emerging threat to honey bees
Nature Communications has released an interesting article on Chronic bee paralysis
Continue reading →How ‘undertaker’ bees recognise dead comrades
A very interesting article on ScienceMag.org on research into how undertaker’ bees recognise dead comrades.
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