The Dangerous Tip You Should Avoid At All Costs When Trying To Escape A Bee Attack

Being stung by a bee (or even dozens of bees at once) can be serious, but whatever you do, don't try this method for escaping ...
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They seem to be everywhere this time of year. What is a hover fly?

Hover flies have one set of wings and no stinger. If you've been outside lately, chances are you've seen them — small flying insects that resemble sweat bees. In fact, you may have actually called ...
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Sweat bee or corn fly? What's bugging you if it isn't a mosquito

The surefire way to know whether it’s a sweat bee or a corn fly buzzing around is if it stings. The halictid bee stings, but the corn fly, also called a hover fly, does not. “They’re mimics of bees, ...
The Boston Globe

Bees have some ways to cope with a warming Earth, but researchers fear for their future

WILLIAMSPORT, Ohio (AP) — Sweat covers Isaac Barnes’s face under his beekeeper’s veil as he hauls boxes of honeycomb from his hives to his truck. It’s a workout in what feels like a sauna as the ...
NBC Bay Area

Bees cope in some ways with a warming Earth, but they're under increasing stress

Sweat covers Isaac Barnes’s face under his beekeeper’s veil as he hauls boxes of honeycomb from his hives to his truck. It's a workout in what feels like a sauna as the late-morning June temperatures ...
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A sting of tradition: How the Golden Bee’s flying stickers became a fan favorite during golf week

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs is buzzing, not just with golf fans and pros at the U.S. Senior Open, but with something far more unexpected. Just off the fairway, ...
The Spokesman-Review

Cool Critters: Why the ‘flying pearls’ alkali bee deserves more buzz

Ah, the beloved honeybee. They’re fuzzy and social. They make honey and beeswax. Children draw them and backyard beekeepers dote on them. But honeybees – brought to North America by European settlers ...
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Bees fly free after truck overturns

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The Columbian

Shoo fly: Invasive Houdini flies have found their way to Clark County, threatening mason bees

Gardeners love mason bees, the nonaggressive, super-pollinator cousins of the honeybee. It’s easy to find adorable mason bee “hotels” with stacked, bee-sized nesting tubes hanging in yards around ...
Gizmodo

This Tiny Robot Is Part Bee, Part Crane Fly—and It Finally Has Solid Legs

Harvard's RoboBee will one day conduct artificial pollination and survey disaster zones, but first it has to stop crash landing. Reading time 2 minutes Imagine tiny robotic bees buzzing around fields ...