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How clues in honey can help fight our biggest biodiversity challenges

There are secrets aplenty in a pot of honey – from information about bees' "micro-bee-ota" to DNA from the environment – that can help us fight food fraud and even monitor shifts in climate

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The days when the flowers produce lots of nectar, the bees remain outside the hive fanning, to better dehydrate the nectar when the forager bees come back from their journeys.///Les jours ou les fleurs donnent beaucoup de nectar, les abeilles restent ? ventiler ? l?ext?rieur de la ruche pour mieux d?shydrater le nectar pendant que les butineuses rentre de leurs voyages.

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Watch bees defend their nest by slapping ants with their wings

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Asian hornets have overwintered in the UK for the first time

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Experience the world from a bee's perspective

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Experience the world from a bee's perspective

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FGDCKA Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) adult female queen and workers, in nest, Powys, Wales, July

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Rising temperatures are cooking bumblebee nests and killing larvae

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Title: Bees from World Museum's Entomology collection - Orchid bee Euglossa sp. (Male) North/South America Caption: Orchid bee Euglossa sp. (Male) North/South America - Bee specimen from World Museum's Entomology collection Credit: ? Pete Carr Photography

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These stunning close-up photos offer a window onto the world of bees

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Sleeping bumblebees can survive underwater for a week

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Bees miss out on sleep if they are exposed to light at night

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Wild bees are rapidly shrinking due to global warming

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Wild bees are rapidly shrinking due to global warming

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Cutting pesticide use on farms doubles abundance of wild pollinators

In a three-year study on US farms, the numbers of wild pollinators and commercial bees were much higher in fields where pesticides were applied only when needed

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A honey bee visits a white sage plant. Researchers have shown that pollination by honey bees, which are not native to the Americas, produces offspring of considerably inferior quality (lower fitness) than offspring resulting from native pollinators.

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Plants pollinated by non-native honeybees are less likely to survive

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Genetically engineered gut bacterium could protect bees from parasite

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Genetically engineered gut bacterium could protect bees from parasite

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A bee with the sensor attached

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Tiny backpack for bees can track their position and temperature

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Electromagnetic fields from power lines are messing with honeybees

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