A recent survey of eleven species of wild bees has revealed that the insects were carrying a number of the viruses that are currently threatening to collapse domesticated honeybee populations. Experts say that the contamination most likely occurred via flower pollen. The research was conducted in the United States, o... |
28 December 2010
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A group of British children in primary school have set up a new record by having their school science project accepted for publication in Biology Letters – an internationally recognized peer-reviewed Royal Society journal.The paper reports new findings in the way that bumblebees perceive colors and patterns, an... |
22 December 2010
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The ‘Traveling Salesman Problem’ is a mathematical puzzle on which researchers have been working for decades. In a new study, it was demonstrated that bumblebees resolve it every single day. The TSP is heavily used in theoretical compute science and in operations research, and is classified as a NP-hard p... |
25 October 2010
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A large portion of venomous animals, be they mammals, fish, reptiles or insects, are colored in bright hues, which alert potential predators to the dangers they may subject themselves to if they attack. Such is also the case with the bumblebee, which has a fairly strong type of venom. Admittedly not fatal in low dose... |
26 May 2010
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It might not look like it at first, but bumblebees share some of the behavioral features of serial killers. A new study, applying a geographical profiling technique, found that bumblebees, much in the same way as serial killers, like to maintain their address hidden and mostly roam in the vicinity of their home while... |
30 July 2008
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