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1,564 results for: Bees

  1. Health & Medicine

    Here’s how dust mites give dermatitis sufferers the itch

    Dust mites can make people with eczema truly miserable. Now, scientists have figured out why they make some people scratch, and resolved a dermatological debate.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  2. Agriculture

    Just adding pollinators could boost small-farm yields

    Adding pollinators could start closing gap in yields for small farms.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Animals

    Ants’ size and profession controlled by chemical tags on DNA

    Epigenetic marks determine whether female Florida carpenter ants are soldiers or foragers.

    By Sarah Schwartz
  4. Agriculture

    Number of wild bees drops where they’re needed most

    Wild bee abundance in the United States is lowest in agricultural regions, according to a new model.

    By Chris Samoray
  5. Plants

    Single gene influences a petunia’s primary pollinator

    Mutations on a single gene determine how much ultraviolet light a petunia flower absorbs, and in turn, which animal pollinates the flower.

    By Chris Samoray
  6. Archaeology

    Honeybees sweetened early farmers’ lives

    Residue on pottery pegs ancient farmers as devotees of honeybee products.

    By Bruce Bower
  7. Life

    ‘Racing Extinction’ documents plight of endangered species

    The new documentary "Racing Extinction" offers hope that people can halt the sixth mass extinction.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  8. Animals

    Bees get hooked on flowers’ caffeine buzz

    Flowers drug honey bees with caffeinated nectar to trick them into returning, causing the bees to shift their foraging and dancing behaviors.

    By Helen Thompson
  9. Animals

    Alpine bee tongues shorten as climate warms

    Pollinators’ match with certain alpine flowers erodes as climate change pushes fast evolution.

    By Susan Milius
  10. Animals

    Invading Argentine ant hordes carry a virus that attacks bees

    Invasive Argentine ants may be reservoirs for a virus menacing honeybees — and for previously unknown virus.

    By Susan Milius
  11. Animals

    Invading Argentine ants carry virus that attacks bees

    The first survey of viruses in the globally invasive Argentine ant brings both potentially bad and good news.

    By Susan Milius
  12. Microbes

    Bacteria in flowers may boost honeybees’ healthy gut microbes

    Honeybees may deliver doses of probiotics to the hive to help feed baby bees’ microbiome.

    By Beth Mole