(Natural News) Breathing in toxic fumes from polluted air is one of the major contributors to premature death around the globe as it can exacerbate lung and heart conditions. But despite the emerging threat of air pollution to humans, little research has been done on its impact on the health of animals. In one of […]

(Natural News) One unexpected development due to the global coronavirus pandemic is its positive effects on the world’s bee populations. Almost every facet of the global economy is at a standstill and large portions of the global population are being forced to stay indoors. This has led to less air pollution, less car traffic and a marked […]

(Natural News) The paper wasp has become the first invertebrate animal that proves capable of transitive inference – the same form of logical reasoning that humans and other, more complex animals use for deduction. Transitive inference leverages known links to reason out unknown relationships. An animal capable of such logic knows that if A is […]

(Natural News) Animals are able to understand and use numbers on a rudimentary level. They apply this understanding to important tasks, such as foraging and managing resources, which ensure their survival. So far, only humans and a few animal species have demonstrated the ability to do complex arithmetic operations. But a new study conducted by researchers from France and Australia show […]

(Natural News) It turns out, people aren’t the only ones affected by scents: In a study led by scientists from the University of Cologne and the Free University of Berlin, they found that honeybees are similarly affected, with certain scents affecting their behavior and memory. The finding, which they published in the journal eNeuro, came from an investigation […]

(Natural News) A recent study published in the journal eNeutro found that certain odors can influence the behavior of honeybees. In the study, researchers from the University of Cologne and the Free University of Berlin used classical odor-reward conditioning to understand how it affects presynaptic boutons of olfactory projection neurons, as well as how it is linked to conditioned […]

(Natural News) Bees, like many of the world’s insects, are in crisis, and their numbers are dwindling at an alarming rate. At the same time, the world’s population – and its reliance on insect-pollinated crops – continues to grow at an equally alarming pace. The bees might be in crisis right now, but pretty soon […]

(Natural News) A team of animal behavior biologists from Harvard University has tracked the exact way neonicotinoids, the world’s most commonly used insecticide, affect the behavior of bees. Their study, published in Science, highlights the dangers of using this class of neuro-active chemicals, especially as they appear to have insidious effects on vital pollinators. Using […]

(Natural News) The ancient Greeks, Egyptians and Chinese all recognized the value of honey and bee pollen in medicine. Cave paintings dating all the way back to 7,000 years before Christ (B.C.) depict the earliest known beekeepers. And modern scientific research has confirmed that they were all on the right track; honey’s incredible healing properties […]

(Natural News) Antibiotic treatment may actually do more harm than good for honeybees, according to a recent study. Beekeepers spray honeybee colonies with antibiotics to help stave off foul brood. This treatment is typically done to beehives several times a year to prevent bacterial infections that may damage the larvae. To test the effects of antibiotics […]