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bees

Animals, plants, and even some bacteria use hypodermic needles

Needles are everywhere in nature, evolving independently many times in a variety of organisms

Six lifestyle tips from parasitic bees

Here's the guide you didn't know you needed to being a successful cuckoo bee

Honeybees experience withdrawal symptoms when deprived of alcohol

Scientists are turning to honeybees to understand alcohol dependence in humans

Backyard data in six US states shows that native mason bees are declining

For 13 years, volunteers across the mid-Atlantic region helped scientists track mason bees

Some honeybees entering and exiting a commercial bee colony

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Curious honey bees are more likely to have curious kids

Foraging honey bees search for new food sources as flowering plants emerge

Nectar robbery by short-tongued bees is throwing off delicate pollination cycles

Nectar-robbing by bees leads to fewer visits by other pollinating insects, impacting flower reproductive success

Bumble bees cut holes in plants' leaves to trigger flowering

This remarkable behavior was discovered during routine observations of bee behavior

Finally, proof that honeybees are bullies

New research finds that honeybees might push smaller bees off the nectar motherlode

Heat waves may drive bees to extinction

Climate change isn't all bad news for our striped friends, but the negative effects of heatwaves will outweigh the possible positive effects of warming in cooler regions