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Honeybee swarms generate more electricity per metre than a storm cloud

Swarms of western honeybees can generate an electric charge of 1000 volts per metre, a voltage density greater than thunderstorm clouds and electrified dust storms

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Buff tailed bumblebee on a flower

Environment

Glyphosate weedkiller impairs learning and memory in bumblebees

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Stunning winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

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Stunning winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

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Environment

The Mind of a Bee review: Can a bee have a form of consciousness?

Culture

A bee and a wasp perch on flowers

Environment

Bees vs wasps: Which insect is really worthy of all the buzz?

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DD57G8 Elena Polisano keeps a hive of honey bees on the roof of the Three Stags pub in Lambeth in London

Life

The urban beekeeping boom is hurting wild pollinator species

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Beekeepers

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Beekeepers are struggling to keep up with farms' pollination needs

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Bats buzz like bees and hornets to scare off hungry owls

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2BXYMCB Close up front view of aged antique bee hotel with wooden tubes and purple flowers to background

Life

How to make the perfect bee hotel for your garden

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Honey bee workers

Life

World's most common bee originated 7 million years ago in Asia

A genetic analysis suggests the world’s most common species of honeybee, the western honeybee, first appeared in western Asia about 7 million years ago and then spread into Africa and Europe

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Asian honeybees scream in alarm when giant hornets attack the hive

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Asian honeybees scream in alarm when giant hornets attack the hive

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Environment

Waggle dances show city bees have shorter commutes than country bees

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Life

Thieving honeybees offer a glimpse of flowers’ evolutionary origins

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