Could suicide be a variant of an evolutionarily adaptive set of behaviors?
Snapping shrimp, naked mole rats, ants, honeybees, and humans – what do they all have in common? They all share…
Bees using scavenged plastic to build hives
The scientists who discovered that urban bees are using plastic bags and building sealant to construct hives say it demonstrates…
UK scientists aim to create artificial bee brain
Hoping to gain insights into what’s needed for creating artificial intelligence, scientists from the Universities of Sheffield and Sussex are…
Bee thrill-seekers reveal evolutionary importance of novelty
One-in-20 honey bees are thrill seekers, say University of Illinois entomologists who have identified distinct patterns of gene activity in…
Pollinators make a beeline for caffeine and nicotine
Bees prefer nectar containing nicotine and caffeine over nectar without these substances and researchers from the University of Haifa think…
Honeybee shows surprising numeric skills
Honeybees can discriminate between patterns containing two and three dots – without having to count the dots, a research team…
Two Bees? Aw, Not Two Bees…
The cause of the widespread decline in pollinating bee populations has still not been explained, but new research published in…