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Bumblebee facial movements give clues to their inner lives
A series of experiments shows that bees respond differently to tastes depending on their internal states, hinting that they have something akin to our emotions
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Bumblebees surprise scientists by showing a sense of rhythm
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New 精东传媒 recommends Cirque du Soleil’s insect-themed OVO show
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Ants capture carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into armour
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Everyone’s a queen: The ant species with no males or workers
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Ants attack their nest-mates because pollution changes their smell
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The long-overlooked insects that could save our crops
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Mosquito proboscis repurposed as a fine nozzle for 3D printing
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Parasitic ant tricks workers into killing their queen, then usurps her
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Stunning amber deposits hold insects from the time of the dinosaurs
A sand quarry in Ecuador has yielded South America鈥檚 first amber with bio-inclusions, including a spider's web and a collection of mosquitoes, beetles, flies, wasps and biting midges that lived 112 million years ago
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Queen ant makes males of another species for daughters to mate with
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Artificial superfood for bees boosts colony reproduction
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These ants are one of the most effective teams in the natural world
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Two sneaky viruses may be messing with honeybee flight
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