Honeybees Can Add and Subtract, Study Finds
After discovering that honeybees understand the concept of zero, scientists tested the insect’s ability to spot gains and losses. Continue reading Honeybees Can Add and Subtract, Study Finds
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Bees Go Eerily Silent During Total Solar Eclipses
“It was like ‘lights out’ at summer camp!” Continue reading Bees Go Eerily Silent During Total Solar Eclipses
Popular Weed Killer May Be Responsible for Global Bee Deaths
An ingredient in the popular herbicide, Roundup, may be related to colony collapse disorder, say scientists. Continue reading Popular Weed Killer May Be Responsible for Global Bee Deaths
A Swarm of 80,000 ‘Killer’ Bees Stung a California Woman 200 Times
“She had them on her face, around her mouth, around her ears, her neck and her hair.” Continue reading A Swarm of 80,000 ‘Killer’ Bees Stung a California Woman 200 Times
Honey Bees Are the First Insect Known to Grasp the Concept of Zero
By giving bees visual math quizzes, scientists discovered that these insects know a null set when they see one. Continue reading Honey Bees Are the First Insect Known to Grasp the Concept of Zero