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Honey bees are surprisingly abundant, research shows—but most are wild, not managed in hives
Collectively, these hives produce 1.8 billion kg of honey each year.More importantly, the honey bee does as much crop pollination as all other bees (around 20,000 species) combined. Bee hives are ...
Tiny QR codes help scientists track bee movements
New insights into bee movements and life cycles have been uncovered after researchers tracked the insects using tiny QR codes ...
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‘Buzz me in:’ Bees wearing itty bitty QR codes reveal hive secrets
Researchers attached QR codes to the backs of thousands of bees to track when and for how long they left their hives. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Several hundred bees in rural Pennsylvania and rural New ...