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A bee is an insect with four wings that usually lives in large colonies. They gather pollen and nectar from flowers from which they makes beebread and honey for food, and they are related to wasps.
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AUG 18, 2017Videos
Collecting honey from beehives can be stressful and dangerous for not only the beekeeper but also for the bees. Not only ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 13, 2017Videos
If you have ever wandered around in nature you may have noticed how many geometric shapes there are in the world that ha ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 04, 2017Plants & Animals
Honeybees have been hit by some hard times these last couple of decades. Heavy pesticide usage, colony collapse, and inv ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 03, 2017Health & Medicine
Does a version of autism affect honey bees similarly to the way it affects humans? In a close study of honey bees and th ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 28, 2017Infographics
Often getting a bad rap for their pesky little stingers, bees play a vital role in agricultural production and pollinati ...JUL 14, 2017Videos
Salmonella is a dangerous bacteria that is often food borne and can kill you. It also seems to have anti-cancer abilitie ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 08, 2017Videos
Called "mad honey," for the psychotropic effects that are a result of the toxins in the rhododendron trees that cover th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 20, 2017Microbiology
Honeybees are critical to the world's food supply, and they are dying off in dramatic numbers. People have to do more to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 14, 2017Microbiology
An international team of researchers engineered a fungus to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes spread serious human dise ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 11, 2017Neuroscience
An intricate relationship exists between gene activity and social experience. Looking at mice being challenged by ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 11, 2017Plants & Animals
Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York has called upon the help of goats once again. They’ve being tasked with helpin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 06, 2017Videos
Termite mounds, bee hives, beaver dams, ant nests; animals impact their environment as directly as humans do, changing a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers hope to relieve the symptoms of severe allergies by targeting the overactive immune system instead of just t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2017Plants & Animals
We’ve known for a while that pesticides can have a negative impact on living bumblebees, but new research into how ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 01, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Ants and bees—which seem so different—are actually cousins, according to new research. The new findings show ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 25, 2017Earth & The Environment
Eighty million tons of plastic polyethylene are produced every year and much of those once-used plastic bags and packagi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 22, 2017Plants & Animals
Is being smarter an advantage? Apparently, it depends on what type of creature you are and what you do to make the world ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 20, 2017Videos
Honey isn't only the sweetest snack ever, it also has quite the reputation as a anti-bacterial agent. In fact, people us ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 18, 2017Videos
Using CRISPR gene-editing technique, scientists at Tokushima University in Japan have genetically engineered tomatoes wi ...APR 02, 2017Plants & Animals
If you haven’t heard, the world is going through a bit of a honey bee crisis right now. Shortages of these little ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 22, 2017Microbiology
Last week, I shared a story about how antibiotics are affecting honeybees. Honeybees are susceptible to a bacterial infe ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 17, 2017Microbiology
Antibiotics are bad for bees! Most of us think of antibiotics as good things - drugs that help treat infections a ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 16, 2017Plants & Animals
With bumblebee populations on the decline, many are wondering what we can do to help overturn the problem. To begin, you ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
While we may think of our genome as being relatively stable an unchanging, but there are many opportunities for subtle a ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2017
Videos
Collecting honey from beehives can be stressful and dangerous for not only the beekeeper but also for the bees. Not only
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 13, 2017
Videos
If you have ever wandered around in nature you may have noticed how many geometric shapes there are in the world that ha
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
Honeybees have been hit by some hard times these last couple of decades. Heavy pesticide usage, colony collapse, and inv
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 03, 2017
Health & Medicine
Does a version of autism affect honey bees similarly to the way it affects humans? In a close study of honey bees and th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 28, 2017
Infographics
Often getting a bad rap for their pesky little stingers, bees play a vital role in agricultural production and pollinati
...
JUL 14, 2017
Videos
Salmonella is a dangerous bacteria that is often food borne and can kill you. It also seems to have anti-cancer abilitie
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 08, 2017
Videos
Called "mad honey," for the psychotropic effects that are a result of the toxins in the rhododendron trees that cover th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 20, 2017
Microbiology
Honeybees are critical to the world's food supply, and they are dying off in dramatic numbers. People have to do more to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 14, 2017
Microbiology
An international team of researchers engineered a fungus to kill mosquitoes. Mosquitoes spread serious human dise
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 11, 2017
Neuroscience
An intricate relationship exists between gene activity and social experience. Looking at mice being challenged by
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 11, 2017
Plants & Animals
Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York has called upon the help of goats once again. They’ve being tasked with helpin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 06, 2017
Videos
Termite mounds, bee hives, beaver dams, ant nests; animals impact their environment as directly as humans do, changing a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers hope to relieve the symptoms of severe allergies by targeting the overactive immune system instead of just t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2017
Plants & Animals
We’ve known for a while that pesticides can have a negative impact on living bumblebees, but new research into how
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 01, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Ants and bees—which seem so different—are actually cousins, according to new research. The new findings show
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 25, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Eighty million tons of plastic polyethylene are produced every year and much of those once-used plastic bags and packagi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 22, 2017
Plants & Animals
Is being smarter an advantage? Apparently, it depends on what type of creature you are and what you do to make the world
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 20, 2017
Videos
Honey isn't only the sweetest snack ever, it also has quite the reputation as a anti-bacterial agent. In fact, people us
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 18, 2017
Videos
Using CRISPR gene-editing technique, scientists at Tokushima University in Japan have genetically engineered tomatoes wi
...
APR 02, 2017
Plants & Animals
If you haven’t heard, the world is going through a bit of a honey bee crisis right now. Shortages of these little
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 22, 2017
Microbiology
Last week, I shared a story about how antibiotics are affecting honeybees. Honeybees are susceptible to a bacterial infe
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 17, 2017
Microbiology
Antibiotics are bad for bees! Most of us think of antibiotics as good things - drugs that help treat infections a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
With bumblebee populations on the decline, many are wondering what we can do to help overturn the problem. To begin, you
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
While we may think of our genome as being relatively stable an unchanging, but there are many opportunities for subtle a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch