bees

Suspicious Virus Makes Rare Cross-Kingdom Leap From Plants to Honeybees

Posted in Science on 2nd Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

The tobacco ringspot virus, scientists announced last week, has made a jump that defies credulity.

Exposure to pesticides results in smaller worker bees

Posted in Science on 20th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller

Exposure to a widely used pesticide causes worker bees to grow less and then hatch out at a smaller size.

Thousands of Australian bees are getting tagged for research

Posted in Science on 17th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller

Approximately 5,000 bees are receiving RFID tags.

How Honey Bees Point Their Way To Food

Posted in Featured, Science on 8th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller

With help from light that humans can't see

Honeybees Trained to Sniff Out Cancer

Posted in Featured, Medicine on 28th Nov, 2013
by Alex Muller

Bees may soon be able to take some of the sting out of cancer by detecting it early and getting patients into treatment sooner.