When a honey bee returns to the nest after foraging for food, it breaks into dance. Moving in a figure-eight shape while shaking its abdomen helps the bee communicate to others how far away the ...

Passing down shared knowledge from one generation to the next is a hallmark of culture and allows animals to rapidly adapt to a changing environment. While widely evident in species ranging from human ...

Honey bees are incredibly social insects. They live together in big groups with other bees in an organized society that scientists call eusocial, which means every bee has a job to do. This could be ...

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A honeybee returning to its hive may appear to be moving at random, but every twist, turn and vibration can carry vital ...

Bees rarely attract much attention unless a hive appears somewhere unexpected or a jar of honey is sitting on a kitchen shelf. Most people recognise the sound before they notice the insect itself. A ...

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