A recent study related to hypertension indicates that a possible cure may be obtained from honeybee venom. Hypertension is among the most frequently-encountered diseases worldwide.Based on the estimations made by The American Heart Association, genetic inheritance, as well as high-fat and salt-saturated diets cause 7... |
20 September 2008
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Species of honeybees inhabiting the Asian and the European continent are somehow different from each other through the fact that they communicate using different languages. About 30 to 50 million years ago, honeybees split into nine species currently found all over the world and started developing unique communicatio... |
10 June 2008
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A new study suggests that orchids exploit male bees for their own purposes by imitating the scent of bee females. This little trick played by orchids relies on the instinctive urge of male bees to mate when detecting the scent of a female insect. As the male falls in the trap set by the orchid, its attempt to procrea... |
27 May 2008
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The bee's universe is a tough monarchy, the proletariat has no say there. The queen honey bee decides the sex of her offspring, points a new research published in Behavioral Ecology, a finding that challenges the belief that queens are just 'egg laying machines' and that worker bees decide if the queen... |
19 November 2007
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Mammals and birds may be the most complex organisms, but insects have won the evolution race. There are about 900,000 described species, and scientists evaluate their real number from 2 to 10 million species. Calculating the total number of insects on the globe, researchers found it overpasses by 200 billion times th... |
15 November 2007
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1. The oldest known bee was found in amber coming from Myanmar: 100 million years old! This was during the Cretaceous, the last dinosaur era, and Melittosphex shared both bee and wasp traits. The honey bees (genus Apis) originated in southern Asia and only one species, Apis melifera, is found also in Europe and Afric... |
10 November 2007
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This is not a cartoon joke: the Goliath of our days can be chased away by the same insects: bees. The giant mammals evacuate the place as soon as they hear the buzz of a bee swarm. In the end, this could be their salvation. Strategically placed beehives could prevent elephants from raiding crops, decreasing man-beast... |
9 October 2007
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They are an annoyance that can ruin our pleasantest trip. But in rural areas, with so many domestic and wild animals around, the insects' proliferation is unavoidable, and with them come their bites. That's why people have looked for many natural remedies to alleviate them. To relieve rapidly the uneasiness... |
28 September 2007
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Human taste for honey is millions of years old. Baboons and chimpanzees are known to indulge with honey when they find a bee colony. Cave paintings dated 15,000 years old found in South Africa and India depict honey hunting by Paleolithic people. In Cava D'Arana, discovered in 1919 in Valencia region (Spain), t... |
5 September 2007
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Balkan wars in the '90s left a "hard" inheritance: the landmines. Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina and the other countries of the former Yugoslavia, were intensively mined. Over 1,000 sq km (380 sq miles) of Croatian countryside is infested by the mines. About 250,000 mines are still under ground, and made about 100 ... |
31 May 2007
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In our search for longevity, the queen honey bee can give us many clues. She is genetically the same with the workers in her hive, but while the workers live for a few months, she can live 10 times longer (up to 10 years) than her sterile sisters and reproducing throughout all her life. A new research at the Universi... |
9 May 2007
08:37 GMT |
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They say a rose can be venomous... Even if a beautiful woman can have a nasty character, there are indeed beautiful flowers that can be toxic. And if the nectar from these flowers would reach the honey you enjoy every morning ...It is still a puzzle for the researchers why many spring flowers displaying bright advert... |
2 April 2007
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