Just like the Hare, being speedier does not always mean you reach your goal quicker, and in the case of bumblebees, exposure to neonicotinoids may provide a hyperactive 'buzz' but ultimately impair individual endurance." The team tested the bees' flight using an experimental 'flight mill' -...
Antoine Magnan, a French zoologist, in 1934 made some very careful studies of bumblebee flight and came to the conclusion that bumblebees cannot fly at all! Fortunately, the bumblebees never heard this bit of news and so went on flying as usual. ...
The plants kept the neighborhood squirrels fed and provided a place for bumblebees to nap. I felt a rush of power and excitement. As the flowers and vegetables bloomed, I noticed something in me was growing as well. Since running away from home as a teenager, I’ve always done my ...
Here, we report the subnanometer structure of thick filaments from the bumblebee Bombus ignitus of the insect order Hymenoptera. The B. ignitus thick filament backbone conforms generally to the pattern observed in the dipteran Drosophila melanogaster and the hemipteran Lethocerus indicus but with some ...