BEEKEEPING IS A ‘THING’ in recent years, an increasingly popular hobby, but our relationship with honey bees goes back much further, to one we had as early human hunter-gatherers, following wild bees … Source: Honey & Bee
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Indian woman covers her face with hundreds of bees to raise conservation awareness
Footage captured on June 7 in Thiruvanathapuram, shows Jisha woman allowing honey bees to swarm around her face as she walks along with her two children seemingly fearless. One may mistake her and the … Source: Honey & Bee
Convergent eusocial evolution is based on a shared reproductive groundplan plus lineage-specific plastic genes
Here we characterize caste-specific transcriptomic profiles across development and adult body segments from pharaoh ants (Monomorium pharaonis) and honey bees (Apis mellifera), representing two … Source: Honey & Bee
No bees please! Honey bees keep swarming water meters in Cape Coral
CAPE CORAL, Fla.- An ongoing issue in Cape Coral is creating a lot of buzz. Honey bees continue to swarm into water meters (boxes), causing homeowners to try and deal with the problem or pay up. … Source: Honey & Bee
Winnipeg City Hall abuzz with hive of new neighbours
A controlled hive of European honey bees from local Beeproject Apiaries has taken over a portion of the second-floor roof for the summer. The bees – who will forage on urban gardens, which … Source: Honey & Bee
Pollen collected by US honey bees in urban settings shows dramatic seasonal variation
The diversity and availability of pollen foraged by honey bees across urban and suburban areas in the US varies drastically with the seasons, according to a study published June 12, 2019 in PLOS … Source: Honey & Bee
Semi-truck crashes while carrying 40,000 pounds of bees
A semi-truck carrying 40,000 pounds of honey bees was traveling from California to North Dakota when it crashed on a rural intersection near Bozeman, Montana. (CNN) – Swarms of bees saw their chance … Source: Honey & Bee
How a Honey Bee’s Waggle is Inspiring Aerospace Design
The findings are reported in a new study published in May in the Journal of Insect Science. The engineers focused on honey bees (Apis mellifera), which have very lively abdominal movements that are … Source: Honey & Bee
On Nature column: The hive is everything to honey bees
Humans have been using (some would say exploiting) honey bee labor since the end of the last ice age. Archaeologists have found 9,000-year-old cave drawings of people gathering honey, and beeswax … Source: Honey & Bee
Kitchener Public Library buzzes with excitement
KITCHENER — The Kitchener Public Library’s central branch is buzzing. Thousands of honey bees housed in two hives have claimed the second floor green roof as their new home. They are visible from the … Source: Honey & Bee