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Scientists Used A Little Bee Puppet To Teach Real Bees How To Play Bee ‘Soccer’

Scientists have been able to teach bees to do all kinds of things, like tug on a rope or count to four. But so far these skills have largely fallen into the realm of what s...

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Environment

Grass Was Greener But Wildlife Struggled In Muggy 2016

Farmers made hay but rampant grass growth in 2016 made life hard for butterflies and even puffin chicks, according to a review of the year’s wildlife and weather by t...

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Environment

Pesticides Stop Bees Buzzing And Releasing Pollen, Says Study

The world’s most widely used insecticides harm the ability of bees to vibrate flowers and shake out the pollen to fertilise crops, according to preliminary results fr...

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Sustainable Development

Bumblebees Are Teaching Smart Cars How To Drive

A newly-awarded research grant from the National Science Foundation is devoting $300,000 to a project to study the ways that bumblebees navigate, and to apply tha...

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Environment

Rising Temperatures Are Squishing Bumblebee Habitats.

Climate change is putting the pinch on bumblebee habitats, says a study published today in the journal Science. As atmospheric temperatures have risen, wild bumblebees in N...

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