Articles about honey bees, honey, and other pollinators that I’ve found interesting – hopefully you will too!
Honey Bees “Smell” Lung Cancer
Science News
Paleontologists Discover Mummified Bees Preserved in Their Cocoons for 3,000 Years
Smithsonian Magazine
Bees Shown to “Count” from Left to Right
Phys.org
Swarming Honey Bees Can Produce As Much Electricity as a Thunderstorm
CNN
Ball-Rolling Bumble Bees Just Wanna Have Fun
Scientific American
Protecting Invertebrates – Even When We Can’t See Them
Xerces Society
What Bacteria and Fungi Lurk in Your City? Bees May Have the Answer
National Geographic
Honeybees are Accruing Airborne Microplastics On Their Bodies
National Geographic
Ancient Bees Burrowed Inside Bones, Fossils Reveal
Scientific American
Scientists Found Sticky Goo Inside a 2,500 Year-Old Jar
Smithsonian Magazine
There are 4,000 Species of Native Bees in the US
Scientific American
Elusive bee — ‘lost for decades’ — found in California, experts say
The Sacramento Bee
Bumblebees Socially Learn Behavior Too Complex to Innovate Alone
Nature