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Bees sense flowers' electric signals

Bees sense flowers' electric signals | Science News | Scoop.it
Bumblebees can detect and distinguish electrical signals given by flowers to enhance discrimination and memory of floral rewards, a study suggests.
Annie's curator insight, February 23, 2013 12:33 PM

Our hives have made it throulgh the winter so far....you can hear them in the hive!

Jayne Fenton Keane's curator insight, February 24, 2013 6:15 PM

Even bees enjoy some "floral rewards".

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A morphologically specialized soldier caste improves colony defense in a neotropical eusocial bee

Here we provide evidence for a physical soldier subcaste in a bee. 

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Bees Use Sign Language to Give Hornets the Finger

Bees Use Sign Language to Give Hornets the Finger | Science News | Scoop.it
Honeybees don't just communicate with each other through "sign language". They do the same for predators to warn them off. And it works.
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[VIDEO] - 30 Japanese Giant Hornet Kill 30,000 Honey Bees

[VIDEO] - 30 Japanese Giant Hornet Kill 30,000 Honey Bees | Science News | Scoop.it

The video below shows how 30,000 honey bees are killed by just 30 hornets in a few hours. The Japanese Giant Hornets also have particularly strong venom and their sting is said to excruciatingly painful. In fact, over 40 people die every year from anaphylactic shock induced by hornet stings making it the most deadly animal in Japan!

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