Scientists tagged thousands of bees and found that just a few do most of the work in every hive

Bees have a reputation for being tireless workers, but it turns out that reputation only really applies to some of them.

Bees solved an engineering problem with their hive millions of years ago. Scientists are now copying it for improved solar panels

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AI in bee hives: Monitoring system remotely predicts flowering periods

A monitoring system devised by the University of Cordoba ascertains the flowering stages of each hive, with high precision, exploiting data on bees' behavior. Beekeeping has existed for millennia, as ...
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Smart hives and dancing robot bees could boost sustainable beekeeping

Researchers are using big data and smart technologies to improve conditions for bees and guide beekeepers. With an electronic "ping," Professor Dirk de Graaf gets an alert on his smartphone. It's a ...
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'Buzz me in:' Bees wearing itty bitty QR codes reveal hive secrets

Several hundred bees in rural Pennsylvania and rural New York are sporting tiny QR codes on their backs to track when they go in and out of their hives. The work, a collaboration among entomologists ...

When U.S. honeybees began collapsing in 2006, scientists raced to find the cause. Nearly 20 years later, the hive crisis is still not fully solved

Colony Collapse Disorder emerged in 2006, puzzling scientists with vanishing bees. Research now shows multiple factors weaken ...