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Ambrosia beetles have highly socialized systems

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ambrosia beetles have long eluded scientists when it comes to being able to study their natural social structure. These beetles live deep within the solid wood of trees and when you disturb ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Holy Guacamole: Researcher Tracks Invasive Beetle Threatening Florida's Avocados

(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher at North Carolina State University is tracking the movement of the Redbay Ambrosia beetle, an invasive insect that, if it spreads to southeast Florida, may severely affect the production of avocados, ...

Biology /

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Beer Here

(PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking beer is a simple act, but making beer is not. It starts out with genetics and tens of thousands of barley varieties and ends with a clear ambrosia that belies the time, effort and technology that ...

Biology / Other

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0