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A species of bee in Australia has found a gruesome way to deal with a parasitic interloper that can damage its hives.

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Here’s one way to get back at your sibling: Release a deadly odor. Honeybee researchers have discovered the first example of a pheromone that shortens the lifespan of other family members — in this case, older sisters.

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A physicist at the University of Manchester has paved the way for better research into how honey bees choose where to live.

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A University of Illinois scientist who studies bees to gain insights into the human mind has won the National Institutes of Health’s Pioneer Award, which will provide $2.5 million over five years for his research.

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Honeybees use their wings to ‘blow away’ marauding ants that venture too close to their nests.

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A new study reveals that changes in gene expression in the brain of the honey bee in response to an immediate threat have much in common with more long-term and even evolutionary differences in honey-bee aggression. The findings lend support to the idea that nurture (an organism’s environment) may ultimately influence nature (its genetic inheritance).

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In an exciting revelation that has potential implications for the apicultural industry, as well as for brain research, University of Otago researchers have succeeded in unravelling one of the mysteries that surround the honey bee queen’s ability to control the behaviour of her workers.

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Honeybees warn each other to steer clear of dangerous flowers where they might get killed by lurking predators.

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Bees and ants are true team players unlike other creatures who seek safety in numbers for selfish reasons, according to researchers.

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Insects such as honeybees and bumble bees are predictable in the way they move among flowers, typically moving directly from one flower to an adjacent cluster of flowers in the same row of plants. The bees’ flight paths have a direct affect on their ability to hunt for pollen and generate “gene flow”, fertilization and seed production that results when pollen moves from one plant to another.

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