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To save honey bees we need to design them new hives
This article was first published on The Conversation Honey bees are under extreme pressure. Beekeepers in the US have been losing and then replacing an average of 40% of their honey bee...
Bee Venom May Curb Enlarged Prostates
This article was first published on the Wall Street Journal Honey-bee venom may be as effective as standard drug therapy for treating enlarged prostate, a common, but benign, condition in...
Houston, we have a fynbos problem: Nasa flies to rescue of Cape’s natural treasures
This article was first published on Times Live. Adam Wilson walks through fynbos ahead of his 2023 collaboration with Nasa to monitor the greater Cape floristic region's biodiversity.Image: Adam Wilson Think of...
Can bees smell if someone has COVID-19? Scientists in the Netherlands say maybe
This article was first published on National Post written but Bart Biesemans from Reuters. It can take hours or days to get a COVID-19 test result, but the response from...
In Japan, a scientist is using bubbles to pollinate fruit trees
This video was first published on World Economic Forum
Let’s talk about bees and gum trees
This article was first published on IOL Cape Town - Gum trees, regarded in South Africa as bad aliens that invade indigenous vegetation and suck up huge amounts of scarce...
Honeybee venom kills aggressive breast cancer cells
This article, written by James Kingsland, was first published in MedicalNewsToday In laboratory studies, the active component of honeybee venom rapidly killed two types of breast cancer cells that are...
Who were the geniuses who first domesticated the wild honey bee?
This article, written by Thomas D. Seeley was first published in Literary Hub. The bas-relief sculptures depicting beekeeping in the Egyptian temple to the sun god Re at Abū Jirāb show...
Some bees are born curious while others are more single-minded.
This article, written by James Kingsland, was first published in The Conversation. New research hints at how the hive picks which flowers to feast on When you try to pick...