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吡虫啉的使用导致蜂群数量减少
12-04-06 The likely culprit in sharp worldwide declines in honeybee colonies since 2006 is imidacloprid（吡虫啉） , one of the most widely used pesticides, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). The authors, led by Alex Lu, ass...
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蜜蜂感染病菌时会“自我治疗”
12-04-01 Research from North Carolina State University shows that honey bees self-medicate when their colony is infected with a harmful fungus, bringing in increased amounts of antifungal plant resins（树脂） to ward off the pathogen. The colony is willing t...
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昆虫同样也有“性格”
12-03-09 A new study in Science suggests that thrill-seeking is not limited to humans and other vertebrates（脊椎动物） . Some honey bees, too, are more likely than others to seek adventure. The brains of these novelty-seeking bees exhibit distinct patterns...
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蜜蜂分巢选址有学问
11-12-11 House-hunting is full of decisions, for us and honey bees. One early decision we both face is where to live. P. Kirk Visscher at the University of California, Riverside, often in collaboration with Thomas Seeley at Cornell University, NY, has long b...
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美国科学家再次发现珍贵大黄蜂品种
11-12-06 A team of scientists from the University of California, Riverside recently rediscovered the rarest species of bumblebee in the United States, last seen in 1956, living in the White Mountains of south-central New Mexico. Known as Cockerell's Bumblebe...
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中美发现两种新蜜蜂
11-10-19 Smithsonian scientists have discovered two new, closely related bee species: one from Coiba Island in Panama and another from northern Colombia. Both descended from of a group of stingless bees that originated in the Amazon and moved into Central Am...
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The shoemaker's adventure 鞋匠奇遇
10-11-04 A young shoemaker left his village. Along the way, he found some ants, who were very sad because a bear had destroyed their anthill（蚁冢，人群密集的地方） . The shoemaker helped them rebuild it, and the ants offered to return the favor. The shoemak...
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蜜蜂的记忆力随衰老而衰退
10-10-20 A study published Oct. 19 in the open access journal Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE, shows that not just human memories fade. Scientists from Arizona State University and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences examined how aging impacts the...
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蜜蜂传粉率处于下降趋势
10-09-06 Widespread reports of a decline in the population of bees and other flower-visiting animals have aroused fear and speculation（推测，思索） that pollination（授粉） is also likely on the decline. A recent University of Toronto study provides the fir...
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蜜蜂具有超级快速的视觉系统
10-03-18 Bees see the world almost five times faster than humans, according to new research from scientists at Queen Mary, University of London. This gives bumblebees（大黄蜂） the fastest colour vision of all animals, allowing them to easily navigate shady...
