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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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FEB 07, 2016Plants & Animals
Honeybees are an important part of the Earth’s fragile ecosystem. They help pollinate plants, which helps plants g ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 28, 2015Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that you get to witness the blooming of a corpse flower (Titan arum), subtly named for its not- ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 22, 2015Plants & Animals
Plants rely on pollination to reproduce, and while many insects can help with pollination, among one of the most importa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 17, 2015Videos
Bees help with the pollination of flowers and other plants, just like many other flying critters do, but not all bees do ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 09, 2015Microbiology
Animals aren’t the only organisms with complex microbiomes. Like humans, insects house a variety of bacteria ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 03, 2015Plants & Animals
The common bee is attributed to Spring flowers and collecting nectar for the production of honey, but another important ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 29, 2015Plants & Animals
Africanized ‘killer bees’ have been spotted as far north as California’s bay area for the first time; ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 02, 2015Videos
The USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Bee Research Lab installed two beehives in 2010 and 2011 in order to help p ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 08, 2015Plants & Animals
For years now, environmentalists, entomologists and other scientists have been watching the decline of the honeybee and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 22, 2015Plants & Animals
It's amazing to think that the bulk of the world's food supply comes down to around seven species of insect: honeybees f ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 04, 2015Plants & Animals
Who doesn't like the sight of a fat, fuzzy bumblebee, zipping along the flowers, making sure they all get pollinated?Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
When we think of bees, we think of fuzzy little pollinators zipping among flowers, making them grow. Or busy groups of h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 26, 2015Plants & Animals
While we would all like to believe that our pets greet us at the end of the day because they remember us as their best a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 22, 2014Plants & Animals
In October 2006, reports came in from beekeepers that some of them were losing 30% to 90% of their hives. While some los ...Written By: Peter MicheliMAR 27, 2014Neuroscience
Experience is an essential part of the human learning and understanding process-and according to a new study, it is usef ...FEB 10, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
If we asked you how honeybees taste, what would you say? You might say "awful" or "a bit like chicken, once you get past ...FEB 07, 2016Plants & Animals
Honeybees are an important part of the Earth’s fragile ecosystem. They help pollinate plants, which helps plants g ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 28, 2015Plants & Animals
It’s not every day that you get to witness the blooming of a corpse flower (Titan arum), subtly named for its not- ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 22, 2015Plants & Animals
Plants rely on pollination to reproduce, and while many insects can help with pollination, among one of the most importa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 17, 2015Videos
Bees help with the pollination of flowers and other plants, just like many other flying critters do, but not all bees do ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 09, 2015Microbiology
Animals aren’t the only organisms with complex microbiomes. Like humans, insects house a variety of bacteria ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 03, 2015Plants & Animals
The common bee is attributed to Spring flowers and collecting nectar for the production of honey, but another important ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 29, 2015Plants & Animals
Africanized ‘killer bees’ have been spotted as far north as California’s bay area for the first time; ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 02, 2015Videos
The USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Bee Research Lab installed two beehives in 2010 and 2011 in order to help p ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUL 08, 2015Plants & Animals
For years now, environmentalists, entomologists and other scientists have been watching the decline of the honeybee and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 22, 2015Plants & Animals
It's amazing to think that the bulk of the world's food supply comes down to around seven species of insect: honeybees f ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 04, 2015Plants & Animals
Who doesn't like the sight of a fat, fuzzy bumblebee, zipping along the flowers, making sure they all get pollinated?Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 29, 2015Earth & The Environment
When we think of bees, we think of fuzzy little pollinators zipping among flowers, making them grow. Or busy groups of h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 26, 2015Plants & Animals
While we would all like to believe that our pets greet us at the end of the day because they remember us as their best a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 22, 2014Plants & Animals
In October 2006, reports came in from beekeepers that some of them were losing 30% to 90% of their hives. While some los ...Written By: Peter MicheliMAR 27, 2014Neuroscience
Experience is an essential part of the human learning and understanding process-and according to a new study, it is usef ...FEB 10, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
If we asked you how honeybees taste, what would you say? You might say "awful" or "a bit like chicken, once you get past ...
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