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Slightly Lost Bumblebees Use Scent to Find Their Way Home
Researchers have shown that returning foragers of buff-tailed bumblebees use their own passively laid out scent marks, as well as visual information from landmarks, to find their way back to the nest entrance. These results highlight the importance of both vision and odor for guiding the navigation of bumblebees.
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Honey Bees Are Only Living Half as Long as They Did in the 1970s
In the 1970s, laboratory honey bees generally lived for over a month. But now, according to new research published in Scientific Reports, lab-kept bees only live about two weeks.
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6 Bugs Scientists Want You to Squash Immediately
Insects are cool (if you look past all the legs). They break down dead things by eating them and pollinate plants so that we can grow enough crops to feed the world. Conservation encourages us to protect wildlife, especially bugs that are now looking down the barrel of an insect apocalypse.
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New Mexico Man Starts Driving Home From Albertson’s Before Noticing Beees, Thousands of Beees!
Do you hear that? Buzz buzz. Vroom vroom. Buzz, buzz. Vroom vroom. That’s the sound of the car bees.