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Scientists are using tiny QR codes to track honey bee movements and gather groundbreaking insights into their foraging habits. By monitoring thousands of bees, researchers have discovered that while ...

World-famous adventurer and survival expert Bear Grylls has experienced some difficult health complications over the years.

We have all heard about the importance of bees, how crucial they are to the future of the planet. But what of the people who work with them, the beekeepers, those who maintain traditions which date ...

A honey bee tears itself open when it stings, releasing poison into its victim. Stinging words between humans can be replaced ...

Once cheekily dubbed his 'sticky stuff' by wife Victoria, David has been collecting his 'Golden Beez' honey at their ...

Researchers put a sensor at the entrance of beehives to register each time the pollinators entered or exited, and how long ...

Discover fascinating insights into the behavior of honey bees. A new study reveals how far they travel to forage and how long ...

Bee stings are not just a painful inconvenience; they are the result of a highly evolved biological defense mechanism. When a bee stings, it injects venom, which contains a complex mixture of ...

Entomologists are gluing tiny QR codes on honey ... bees. To ensure both the safety of the bees—and themselves—the team focused on soft-bodied, younger bees that hadn’t yet begun to sting.

Sting has cancelled and postponed four of his upcoming January performances “due to illness” (later revealed to be a throat infection). The singer and bassist announced the news via a statement posted ...

Sting has postponed multiple concerts due to a temporary throat infection. On Tuesday, the veteran musician's team took to social media to announce the postponement, along with rescheduling ...