What’s really in your honey? The sticky truth behind adulteration
Think that golden drizzle on your porridge is the last bastion of purity? Think again. DNA tests show that more than 90 per ...
Light Pollution May Be Keeping Honey Bees Up at Night
Honey bees prefer to sleep in the dark recesses of their hive, but on hot nights they will instead sleep outside. As the ...
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Is Your Honey Real? Here’s How To Tell
A sweet syrup made from flower nectar collected by bees, honey is often viewed as one of the most natural ingredients out ...
Artificial light found to disrupt the circadian cycle of honey bees
In an emerging red flag for the digital era, sleep experts have warned us to avoid screen time in bed, sounding the alarm ...
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Farmers Use Bees to Deter Elephants from Romping Over Crops–a Win-Win for All
Mwangome said she and many farmers live in perpetual fear that these 8-ton animals would come storming in to eat and trample ...
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These Bees Hustle to Put Food on the Table
You know honeybees make honey, but did you know they make bread too? And four other types of bees are also dedicated chefs!
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Artificial light harms the sleep patterns of bees
Electric light is known to disrupt the circadian rhythms of people. A study at UC San Diego shows it also affects the sleep ...
Stingless bee honey causing a buzz
Not all honey is created equal. While broadly touted for its antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant properties, the sweet, ...
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Letters from Down Under: The stingless bee colonies
Although certainly not the most dangerous creature to encounter on the island of K’gari, stingless bees are far and above the ...
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Study Reveals Limited Impact on Native Bees in Maryland From Honey Bee Populations
A comprehensive study led by researchers from Penn State explores the dynamics between managed honey bees and native bees ...
Making farming better for bees: Can we breed crops that produce more nectar and pollen?
Where once there were vast areas of forest and other natural habitats, farmland now covers much of Earth—including 70% of the ...
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Cars Are Unwittingly Killing Millions of Bees Every Day, Scientists Reveal
On any given day, Americans drive over millions of miles of roadways, rarely noticing what’s left splattered on their windshields. Yet, unbeknownst to most drivers, their vehicles are unwittingly ...