Honey bees make honey to store up as food to last them through the winter months. During the coldest time of year, there are fewer flowers from which to collect nectar and honey bees are …

2024年8月5日 · There are secrets aplenty in a pot of honey – from information about bees' "micro-bee-ota" to DNA from the environment – that can help us fight food fraud and even …

2017年2月14日 · Headbutts come as a surprise Whoop whoop! A vibrational pulse produced by honeybees , long thought to be a signal to other bees to stop what they are doing, might …

2022年12月6日 · Many animals in southern Africa feed on beeswax and, by doing so, they help maintain a unique partnership between humans and birds that lead honey-hunters to wild bees’ …

2022年10月24日 · Swarms of western honeybees can generate an electric charge of 1000 volts per metre, a voltage density greater than thunderstorm clouds and electrified dust storms

2021年6月9日 · A Cape honeybee foraging in red aloe flowers in southern Africa The workers of a South African subspecies of honeybee can clone themselves, with one individual having done …

2023年5月12日 · The electromagnetic fields emitted from transmission towers – like those that support overhead power lines that transport power from energy plants to cities – mess with …

2018年7月16日 · Bees surround the invading hornet and roast it alive When hornets attack, bees know what to do. A few hundred workers can swarm into balls around hornets and roast them …

2022年7月13日 · Why do insects like bees and flies buzz when flying? Does expending energy to make this sound help them? Guy Cox Sydney, New South Wales, Australia When birds or …

2022年7月12日 · Our widespread dislike of wasps – and love of bees – goes back a long way. “Hornets and wasps… are devoid of the extraordinary features which characterise bees,” wrote …