Popular pesticides are killing of bumblebees by preventing them from laying eggs
It's time to face it: our pesticides are killing off bees -- and bumblebees.
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Bees prefer rural flowers to urban ones, new study indicates
Bees are more of the rural type, it seems.
Football-playing bees exhibit complex learning
Researchers have trained bumblebees to score goals using a mini-ball.
Bumblebee becomes the first endangered bee in continental US
For the first time in history, a bee in continental US has been listed as endangered.
Scientists find a new way through which neonicotinoids are killing off bees
Bee populations are going down dramatically, and our insecticides are largely at blame.
Flying quarter-sized RoboBee perches to save energy
Harvard roboticists made an insect-like flying robot that perches on ceilings to save energy, like bats, birds or butterflies.
Bees get much needed win as US court rules against neonicotinoid pesticide
Bee numbers have been dropping at alarming rates, and the growing consensus seem to be that only limiting pesticide use ...
Bees use natural vaccines for their youth
When it comes to vaccines, the young bees don't really have a choice - they're naturally immunized against specific diseases ...
Pollinating Bees are Worth Billions, and We’re Still Not Protecting Them
Wild bees provide environmental services worth $3,250 (€2,880) per hectare per year - accounting for billions, globally. Writing in Nature ...
Watch: The first 21 days of a bee’s life in stunning timelapse
As part of a recent TED Talk (presented at the bottom of this article) photographer Anand Varma captured the incredible ...
Pesticide limit may be the last resort to save the bees, White House says
With bee numbers dropping dramatically in the last years, it's time to take some drastic measures, and a White House ...
Bee numbers dropping at incredible rates
Something is killing off the bees; it's likely us, and we'll all have to pay the price. In fact, in ...
Bees have false memories too – this might help explain how our own form
Memories aren't infallible - even for those with photographic memory - so, more often than not, they'll seem fuzzy. And ...
Watch: The Inside of a Huge Wasp Colony
Some wasps decided to build their colony next to the window of Youtube user Vang Tsal. Naturally, he was spooked ...
Pesticides threaten bees, birds and worms alike
A new study has shown that neurotoxic pesticides blamed for the huge drop in bee numbers are also equally affecting butterflies, ...
Bees build mental maps to get home
When I was a kid, I asked, like many others, how do bees know how to make their way back ...
Bees make blue honey after eating M&Ms
The difference between normal honey (right), and M&M infused honey. It's a tough period to be ...
Not just honeybees – wildbees, butterflies and moths are also in trouble
By now, you really should be aware of the honeybee problems that are plaguing populations throughout the world - their ...
Dino impact also wiped bees
A group of paleontologists believe that the same event that killed off the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago also ...
Italian ban on pesticides has major benefits on bee health
In case you didn't know, bee popullations all around the world are dwindling. The disorder which is causing this massive ...