Bees stopped flying during total solar eclipse
A total solar eclipse brings other occurrences, including one observed by citizen scientists in US elementary schools last year.
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IL among areas where bee decline hurts crops
Honeybees are important pollinators for crops. If the bees decline, as they are in many important regions of the US, crops suffer.
The best bees keep expertise to themselves
Honeybees, especially those who’ve been around the block a few times to gather nectar, don’t like to share their knowledge with rookie bees.
Honey bees, eusocial by their genes, still perish
More bee colonies died last summer, compared to the winter, new research shows. That’s never happened before. Scientists wonder why.