Enlarge / University of California, Riverside scientists suspended fresh pieces of raw chicken from branches to attract carrion-feeding “vulture bees” in Costa Rica. (credit: Quinn McFrederick/UCR) Ask a random person to picture a bee, and they’ll likely conjure up the familiar black-and-yellow striped creature buzzing from flower to flower collecting pollen to bring back to the […]
Enlarge (credit: EyeEm / Getty Images) Bees manage some impressive feats. They not only remember the location of good food sources, but they’re able to communicate this information to their peers. They also care for the hive’s young and organize attacks against intruders. It’s easy to overlook that they’re brilliant at construction. Almost every honeycomb […]
Kyle Richards had a terrifying experience over the weekend! On Sunday, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star revealed she is in recovery after getting rushed to the hospital after accidentally walking into a beehive and getting stung multiple times. Mind you, she is allergic to bees, so this was truly a life-or-death moment for […]
Enlarge (credit: US Fish and Wildlife Service) Pollinator habitats and solar farms may seem like ecologically great neighbors, but we still don’t understand very much about that relationship. A team of researchers recently published a paper surveying the ins and outs of keeping solar production alongside the kinds of plants that pollinators like bees and […]
Angelina Jolie usually looks stunning, but we have to say she looks downright BEE-autiful in this portrait promoting World Bee Day! The Maleficent star apparently asked to be covered in live bees in a powerful portrait in collaboration with National Geographic to promote the “Women For Bees” initiative, which plans to build 2,500 bee hives and […]