https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/09/22/1919387117
Answers on a postcard, please.
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From The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bees-can-be-trained-to-sniff-out-flowers-3xk9dg98c
It has long been understood that if you want a dog to hunt you can train it to follow a particular scent. Now it appears that something very similar is true of bees.
Scientists have taught honeybees to seek out the odour of a specific species of flower. The researchers behind the work believe that coaching the insects in this way could enable crops to be pollinated more efficiently.
My comment: By teaching bees to fees on just one species, will they suffer from lack of diet variation? Probably. Is this project wise? Probably not.
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News from West Norfolk and King’s Lynn Beekeepers’ Association (WNKLBA)
https://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/serious-honey-bee-diseases-reported-in-norfolk-hotspots-9123216/
https://www.wnklba.co.uk/
Look at the hive designs and (notably) the chains: https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/leiths-honey-bee-population-under-18891725
Melittin, one of the major components of honey-bee venom, may prove to be an effective anti-cancer-cell therapy: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-venom-honeybees-aggressive-breast-cancer.html
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Dr Ciara Duffy at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research. Credit: Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research |