Do you know that there is a European tradition called “telling the bees”? This is a custom according …
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Animals
Scientists Predict Potential Habitat Spread of Invasive Asian Giant Hornet
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesResearchers at Washington State University have predicted how and where the Asian giant hornet, an invasive newcomer to …
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Animals
Researchers Discover a Gene in Honey Bees That Causes Virgin Birth
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesReversions to virgin births by asexual reproduction are rare in nature. Asexual birth, in Cape honey bees, might …
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‘Murder hornets’ have entered the North American landscape and lexicon with horror-film imagery. Vespa mandarina – also known as Asian …
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Honeyland, directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov, is a documentary that follows the life of Hatidze, a …
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Animals
Bees and Ecology: Why Asian Worker Bees Prefer European Queen Bees
by Armin Auctorby Armin AuctorIn China, European honey bees were introduced in the 19th century. Since then, almost 80 percent of the country’s …
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Mind & Spirit
Mount Athos: The Mystery of the Bees That Wax Holy Icons
by Armin Auctorby Armin AuctorIn Mount Athos, Greece, a devout beekeeper who’s been putting holy icons into his bee boxes for the …
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In the town of Utrecht in the Netherlands, many of the bus stop rooftops are covered in plants. …