Due to the spring weather that is now upon us in Queensland, Australia, I have noticed a lot more insects fluttering and buzzing around plus all the spring blooms which are bursting with vitality, colour and fragrances in my garden. The flowering Jasmine for instance has the most beautiful smell and it’s just a shame [...]
New research has found common honey bees possess highly sophisticated brains and share up to 30 per cent of the same genes as humans. A group of 17 scientists at the University of Queensland (UQ) have uncovered the findings while studying the tiny bee brain which is the size of a sesame seed. The group [...]
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This is an interesting project by slovak artist Toma Gabzdil Libertiny and what a magnificent outcome.
Libertiny constructed vase-shaped scaffolds (to be removed at the end of the process) and then let nature take its course: a group of bees went to work building a hive, layer by layer, in the same shape as the scaffold. [...]
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A mysterious illness is killing tens of thousands of honeybee colonies across America, threatening honey production, the livelihood of beekeepers and possibly crops that need bees for pollination. The cause of these losses is an alarming phenomenon called Colony Collapse Disorder or “CCD”. When a hive experiences CCD, the honey bees mysteriously leave their hive [...]
