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04/02/2023

"Part of the problem is that there are no animal welfare laws in the United States protecting insects..."

‘Fringe’ research suggests the insects that are essential to agriculture have emotions, dreams and even PTSD, raising complex ethical questions

03/24/2023

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03/23/2023

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A combined team of roboticists and biologists from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, in Switzerland and the University of Graz, in Austria, has developed what they describe as a robotic honeycomb to keep honeybees from dying due to "chill coma."

03/19/2023

Honey is like fine wine.

The nation's first honey sommelier wants everyone to kick their plastic honey bears to the curb. Marina Marchese is teaching the nation how to respect and relish honey as we do wine, cheese, chocolate, or olive oil.

11/08/2022

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Researchers at CU Boulder have, for the first time, used X-ray computed tomography (also known as a CT scan) to peer inside swarms of honeybees.

10/25/2022

The small charges carried by individual insects can add up, a study finds, with larger swarms generating substantial electrical fields.

09/28/2022

02/21/2022

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02/11/2022

Architects should create wild areas and discourage urban beekeeping to encourage biodiversity, according to one of the world's leading bee experts.

02/05/2022

When it comes to establishing prairies that support pollinators on reclaimed industrial land, a new study suggests native plant diversity matters less than seeding species with the ability to persist in poor soils.