Picture shows Carmen Joyce, undated. She runs the Nooga Honey Pot apiary in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (@noogahoneypot, NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows Lars Chittka - author of "The Mind of a Bee", undated. In "The Mind of a Bee", Prof Lars Chittka draws from decades of research to determine that the insects have astonishing cognitive capabilities. (NewsX/Bee)
Bumblebees Do Feel Pain, Study Confirms
Picture shows tree nest and hive together, undated. Derek Mitchell from Leeds University investigated the clustering habit of the pollinators to find that it could be a distress action rather than a reaction to decreasing temperatures. (D. Mitchell, NewsX/Bee)
Scientist Regrets Wintertime Clustering Misconception
Picture shows prof Sasha Mikheyev from Canberra's Australian National University (ANU), undated. Apiarists and authorities should turn to undomesticated bees when it comes to finding ways to fight the Varroa mite, an esteemed biologist has suggested. (Sasha Mikheyev, NewsX/Bee)