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BEE REPRODUCTION
Earlier this year, Smithsonian scientists decoded the pheromones that determine whether bee daughters stay home or leave. It produced surprising clues about how simple insect societies evolve into complex communitiesBee pheromones: New research reveals queen bees use chemical signals to guide daughters. These pheromones influence whether daughters remai...- Bees changed their behavior quietly as millions of Americans struggled with some of the hottest temperatures and record heat dome; this simple insect prepared for a storm humans did not see comingA powerful heat dome in July 2026 stressed honeybee colonies across America. Bees exhibit advanced environmental sensing, adjusting behavio...
- No boss, no meetings, yet every bee knows exactly what to do. German scientists reveal how bees stay organised without managersGerman scientists have identified a gene that governs task allocation within bee colonies. This gene, doublesex, controls neural circuits r...
- Fatal fall: Scientists found an Australian carnivorous plant that kills through a fatal fall, where pollinators lose their footing and plunge into sticky tentaclesAn Australian sundew, Drosera hookeri, has a peculiar reproductive strategy. Its flowers, designed to attract pollinators like hoverflies, ...
- Why Some Animals Choose Family Over Freedom And What It Reveals About SurvivalLife in nature is not just about survival. Organisms often help their relatives reproduce. This is explained by inclusive fitness theory. I...
- A New Look at Animal Social Networks Is Revealing Surprising Patterns No One ExpectedAnimals rarely live alone; social structures are vital for survival, influencing feeding, predator avoidance, and reproduction. From fluid ...
- Taste of death: Often used as a sweetening agent, lead has led to high mortality rates since time immemorialConsuming lead is a habit humans find hard to stop. Its potential toxicity has been noted for centuries, yet we have continued to use it fo...
- Do your indoor plants end up dying? New research shows they generate sounds under stressA team led by experts at Tel Aviv University conducted their research on tomato and tobacco plants.
- Telangana’s school textbook writers don’t know how babies are bornGiven the extent to which medical science has evolved, there is no unanswered mystery behind how babies are born. Even an internet-savvy te...
- Tosanoides obama to Baracktrema obamai, species that have been named after US PresidentHe's a fish, a spider and an extinct lizard. Before his admirers cry foul, these names have been given to the creatures to honour Obama.
- How IIT-Delhi is going about creating an ecosystem for women entrepreneursThe spectrum of the businesses being mentored is broad — from organic farming, bee-hiving to tissue reproduction, online marketing to bakin...
- Know how honeybees in South Africa reproduce without malesOne isolated population of honeybees living in the southern Cape of Africa has evolved a strategy to reproduce without males.
- Toxic nectar affects behaviour of insect pollinatorsNatural toxins in nectar and pollen can poison insects and affect their memory, behaviour and reproductive success, researchers have found.
- Rules, regulations, user charges & taxesThe choice confronting governments is the appropriate mix of ordering devices which, in turn, depends on acceptance and enforceability that...
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