Bumblebees Have Collective Intelligence; Insects Can Teach Others to Retrieve Sugary Treat [Study]

Medicine & Technology Mar 11, 2024

One bumblebee can teach others to move two tabs and retrieve a sugary treat. Continue reading to learn more.

Bumblebees Cannot Taste Pesticides in Nectar Even at Lethal Concentrations

Nov 21, 2023

Bumblebees are smart but cannot detect pesticides in nectar. Continue reading to understand how bees are at risk of contaminated nectar.

Climate Change Is Causing Bees to Be More Stressed; Museum Collections Show How This Has Taken Place [Study]

Aug 19, 2022

Researchers discovered that evidence for stress in bees got higher as the century progressed. What has climate change got to do with it? Read to find out.

Tiny Bees vs Large Bumblebees: Which Cope Better, Struggle More Against Climate Warming?

Apr 25, 2022

Over 20,000 bees were studied to determine how different species reacted to changing climatic conditions. Learn which copes better between small and large bees.

Bees, Pollinators, Pollination Under Threat Due to Environmental Pressures: Analysis Cites Agrochemicals Including Pesticides Among the Causes

Aug 05, 2021

A new meta-analysis reveals the threat bees and pollinators are in at present. The use of pesticides is one of the main contributors to such a threat.

Flowers Use Humidity as Invisible Tactic to Attract Bumblebees for Pollination

Jun 23, 2021

A new study recently showed flowers' invisible tactic to possibly attract their pollinators. It showed that bumblebees, specifically, may use a flower's humidity to tell them about the presence of nectar.

Bees at Work: Watch How They Join Forces to Unscrew Soda Bottle

Jun 01, 2021

A new video originally posted on Twitter presents two bees at work seemingly unscrewing the orange lid of Fanta beverage to reach a sugary liquid inside the bottle.

Common Foxgloves Rapidly Evolve To Change Flower Length Through Hummingbird Pollination

Apr 12, 2021

A new study recently showed that common foxgloves brought to the Americas have rapidly evolved to change flower length in a new pollinator group, hummingbirds' presence.

Pesticide Is The Reason Bees Are Not Getting Adequate Sleep

Jan 24, 2021

Pesticides affect how bees, nature's hardworking insects, are unable to pollinate properly and effectively. As a result, they don't get the adequate sleep they need.

New Study Reveals Large Bumblebees Learn the Best Flowers’ Spots

Dec 29, 2020

A new study recently found that big bumblebees are taking time to learn the best flowers' locations or sites.

Neonicotinoid-Laced Nectar Proves to Be Addictive Additive for Bees

Apr 27, 2015

For bees jonesing for their next fix, fate could be a little messy with their newest addictions. In a new study published this week in the journal Nature, researchers conducted experiments to find out just how new pesticides are affecting bee foraging behavior. And what they found is that humans aren’t the only ones addicted to small bits of nicotine—bees crave it too.