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The Team Also Found That N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone(NMP)-an Inert

Feb 11, 2014

Four pesticides commonly used on crops to kill insects and fungi also kill honeybee larvae within their hives,according to Penn State and University of Florida researchers.The team also found that N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone(NMP)—an ...

Tags: Pesticides, Crop Pesticides, kill insects

Bees Use a Pattern of Light Invisible to Humans to Direct One Another to a Honey Source

Jan 7, 2014

Honeybees use a pattern of light in the sky invisible to humans to direct one another to a honey source, scientists have found. Researchers at the Vision Centre have demonstrated that even on days when the sun doesn't shine, bees can ...

Tags: honeybees, polarised light, honey source, waggle dance, light map

The Spirit of The Hive:The Mechanism of Social Evolution

Jan 2, 2014

It's taken nearly 200 years,but scientists in Arizona and Europe have teased out how the molecular switch for sex gradually and adaptively evolved in the honeybee. The first genetic mechanism for sex determination was proposed in the ...

Tags: honeybee, molecular switch for sex, genetic mechanism, sex determination

A LéVy Walk Describes The Foraging Behavior of Animals From Sharks to Honey Bees

Dec 26, 2013

A mathematical pattern of movement called a Lévy walk describes the foraging behavior of animals from sharks to honey bees, and now for the first time has been shown to describe human hunter-gatherer movement as well. The study, led ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics

Honey Bees Overwhelm ?Demand Will Get up

Sep 17, 2013

EPA using guns, body armor to enforce Clean Water Act? The greatest pollination show on Earth is a mix of staggering stats and figures. Sure, numbers tend to bore and overwhelm — but not when it comes to honey bees and the almond ...

Tags: Agriculture, Food

PVB in Laminated Safety Glass Blocks out Almost All UV Radiation up to a Wavelength

Apr 17, 2013

Conventional polyvinyl butyral (PVB) in laminated safety glass blocks out almost all ultraviolet (UV) radiation up to a wavelength of about 400 nanometres (nm). In other words, the penetration of UV-A light is almost entirely prevented by ...

Tags: Special PVB Film, Ultraviolet Light Unfiltered

Honey Packaging Was Chosen as Award-Winning Design in HOW International Design Awards

Apr 1, 2013

Sola Bee Farms Honey Packaging, a project developed by UNIT partners, was chosen as one of 242 award-winning designs in the most recent HOW International Design Awards. This highly selective and well-regarded competition sponsored by HOW ...

Tags: honey packaging, packaging

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