Keeping queen bees chilled in indoor refrigeration units can make the practice of "queen banking"—storing excess queens in the spring to supplement hives in the fall—more stable and less labor-intensive, a Washington ...
Ecology
Feb 27, 2023
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Secret, coded letters penned by Mary, Queen of Scots, while she was imprisoned in England by her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, have been uncovered by a multidisciplinary team of international codebreakers.
Archaeology
Feb 7, 2023
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In the course of experiments to test how well commercial bumblebees pollinate early spring crops, researchers made a surprising discovery: dead wild bumblebee queens in the hives, an average of 10 per nest box.
Ecology
Feb 6, 2023
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Studying the parental behaviors of termites has provided a University of Florida scientist with a rare look into how a queen and king pair push the limits of parenthood.
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2022
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Queen bees with viral infections have smaller ovaries than their healthy counterparts, a recent UBC study has found, which could threaten the health and financial viability of their colonies.
Ecology
Oct 25, 2022
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An international team of biologists and theoretical physicists from Dresden (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems), Cambridge, UK (Babraham Institute) and Athens (B.S.R.C. "Alexander Fleming") has tackled ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2022
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Accentism—discriminating against someone because of their accent—has a long history in the U.K., where the way someone speaks is often an easy way to tell their social class. People with working-class accents are frequently ...
Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2022
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Elizabeth is majestic, hardy and "very fashionable", said a top Singapore flower curator—referring not to the late monarch, but to an orchid named after the queen when she visited the former British colony.
Other
Sep 13, 2022
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The death of Queen Elizabeth II has prompted public displays of grief around the world—from public gatherings at Buckingham Palace in London, and condolences from world leaders, to individuals reflecting on social media ...
Social Sciences
Sep 9, 2022
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Florida's marine life attracts people from all over the world—but what happens if someone gets too comfortable with the state's natural wonders?
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2022
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