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Category: Bee Biology

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Tiny Brain | Big Mind

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE A BEE?  You’re all hard shell, soft core. You also have an inbuilt chemical weapon, designed as an injection needle that can kill any animal your size and be extremely...

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Pollen to Beebread | Why?

POLLEN and BEEBREAD recently have been at the center of some surprising experimental findings about honey bee nutrition and related health, behavior, and preferences that are shaking up some...

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The Wizards of Osmia | Mason Bees

Osmia is the genus of mason bees—but what does the name signify? “Osmia” means “odor” in ancient Greek, and in this case, it refers to the lemony scent used by female masons to mark their...

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Keeping the Temperature “Just Right”

The well-known words of Goldilocks—"Not too hot, not too cold. Just right!”—describe perfectly the way a bee hive must be maintained. The ideal temperature for brood-rearing is about 94ᵒF,...

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Festooning–Garlands and Lace

Have you ever started to separate two frames during inspection and found them to be attached by chains of bees, seemingly sticking together as if caught in a web?  As you carefully widen the...

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Sugar on the Tongue

This could be serious. Dry sugar may not be so great for bees after all, in contrast to liquid syrup. A brief summary in the May 2022 issue of American Bee Journal 1 describes the findings of a...

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