Why do bees make honey? - New Scientist
Honey bees make honey to store up as food to last them through the winter months. During the coldest time of year, there are fewer flowers from which to collect nectar and honey bees are …
How clues in honey can help fight our biggest biodiversity …
Aug 5, 2024 · There are secrets aplenty in a pot of honey – from information about bees' "micro-bee-ota" to DNA from the environment – that can help us fight food fraud and even monitor …
Honeybees let out a ‘whoop’ when they bump into each other
Feb 14, 2017 · Headbutts come as a surprise Whoop whoop! A vibrational pulse produced by honeybees , long thought to be a signal to other bees to stop what they are doing, might …
A surprising number of African animals eat beeswax
Dec 6, 2022 · Many animals in southern Africa feed on beeswax and, by doing so, they help maintain a unique partnership between humans and birds that lead honey-hunters to wild …
Honeybee swarms generate more electricity per metre than a …
Oct 24, 2022 · Swarms of western honeybees can generate an electric charge of 1000 volts per metre, a voltage density greater than thunderstorm clouds and electrified dust storms
A single honeybee has cloned itself hundreds of millions of times
Jun 9, 2021 · A Cape honeybee foraging in red aloe flowers in southern Africa The workers of a South African subspecies of honeybee can clone themselves, with one individual having done …
Electromagnetic fields from power lines are messing with honeybees
May 12, 2023 · The electromagnetic fields emitted from transmission towers – like those that support overhead power lines that transport power from energy plants to cities – mess with …
Honeybees gang up to roast invading hornets alive - New Scientist
Jul 16, 2018 · Bees surround the invading hornet and roast it alive When hornets attack, bees know what to do. A few hundred workers can swarm into balls around hornets and roast them …
Why do insects buzz when flying? Does making this sound help …
Jul 13, 2022 · Why do insects like bees and flies buzz when flying? Does expending energy to make this sound help them? Guy Cox Sydney, New South Wales, Australia When birds or …
Bees vs wasps: Which insect is really worthy of all the buzz?
Jul 12, 2022 · Our widespread dislike of wasps – and love of bees – goes back a long way. “Hornets and wasps… are devoid of the extraordinary features which characterise bees,” …