Tuesday, 3 June 2014

Wondering about the state of the environment? Just eavesdrop on the bees

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Wondering about the state of the environment? Just eavesdrop on the bees
London, UK (SPX) May 26, 2014 - Researchers have devised a simple way to monitor wide swaths of the landscape without breaking a sweat: by listening in on the "conversations" honeybees have with each other. The scientists' analyses of honeybee waggle dances reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on May 22 suggest that costly measures to set aside agricultural lands and let the wildflowers grow can be very beneficia ... more


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