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As it becomes more difficult to find…

June 12, 2020Weirdo

As it becomes more difficult to find nectar in the environment, honeybees resort to stealing honey from nearby hives. Scientists found that the amount of guarding and fighting at hive entrances is an indicator of foraging difficulty in the environment, highest in late season.

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Bees sleep- and like to take naps…

June 4, 2020Weirdo

Bees sleep- and like to take naps in flowers. Forager bees sleep for several hours a day and older bees require more sleep than youngsters. This is why you sometimes you can find bees napping in flowers with their little heads down, antennae motionless, enjoying a quick snooze.

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Bees can produce coloured “honey”…

April 19, 2020Weirdo

Bees can produce coloured “honey”. Beekeepers in northeastern France noticed that their bees were producing honey in unnatural shades of green and blue. The reason turned out to be that the bees had been eating remnants of M&M candy shells from a nearby factory.

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In the film Candyman, Tony Todd negotiated…

December 31, 2019Weirdo

In the film Candyman, Tony Todd negotiated a fee of $1000 for each time he was stung during the bee scene. He walked away with $23000.

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When a bee hive becomes…

November 5, 2019Weirdo

When a bee hive becomes too full, bees will form a “Senate” comprised of older, more experienced bees to seek a new location. When a bee finds a good spot, it begins dancing to motion other bees toward it. Then, they vote on it by dancing as a collective until a consensus is reached.

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Bees don’t buzz during solar eclipse

August 5, 2019Weirdo

Bees don’t buzz during an eclipse – Using tiny microphones suspended among flowers, researchers recorded the buzzing of bees during the 2017 North American eclipse. The bees were active and noisy right up to the last moments before totality. As totality hit, the bees all went silent in unison.

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In Australia when it gets very…

April 24, 2019Weirdo

In Australia when it gets very hot, the nectar in some flowers ferments and turns into alcohol. The bees get “drunk” and are not allowed back into the hive.

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Bees don’t buzz during an eclipse…

October 11, 2018Weirdo

Bees don’t buzz during an eclipse – Using tiny microphones suspended among flowers, researchers recorded the buzzing of bees during the 2017 North American eclipse. The bees were active and noisy right up to the last moments before totality. As totality hit, the bees all went silent in unison.

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Scientists once gave drugs…

October 3, 2018Weirdo

Scientists once gave drugs to bees, and found that they respond similarly to humans: bees on cocaine tend to overestimate the amount of sugar they find and exaggerate when reporting back to the hive.

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Bees will seek out alcohol…

July 1, 2018Weirdo

Bees will seek out alcohol and get drunk–and “bouncers” at the hive refuse to let them in until they sober up.

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