Space shuttles usually carry satellites, telescopes, or other scientific instruments. In April 1984, one shuttle was carrying a far smaller, more buzzy cargo: a colony of honeybees. According to ...
The experiment was part of NASA's STS-41C mission and had two main goals. Researchers wanted to see how honeybees behaved and survived in microgravity. They also wanted to compare the honeycomb built ...
A new study examines how bees adapt to build honeycombs on top of various 3D-printed foundations. Golnar Gharooni-Fard Honeycombs are marvels of engineering—the bees that create them will work ...
In 1984, NASA sent 3,301 honeybees aboard Space Shuttle Discovery to answer a deceptively simple question: could bees survive in microgravity and build honeycomb without the familiar pull of gravity?
3,301 honeybees rode aboard NASA’s STS-41C mission, launched April 6, 1984, to see whether a colony could build hexagonal comb in microgravity. After early disorientation, the bees produced about 200 ...
On a hot summer day in Colorado, European honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) buzz around a cluster of hives near Boulder Creek. Worker bees taking off in search of water, nectar and pollen mingle with bees ...
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You’ve been calling male bees the wrong name: Here’s what they’re actually called inside the hive
Inside a honey bee colony, not every bee gathers nectar, builds comb or tends developing young. One member has a much narrower role: he does not perform the jobs carried out by worker bees and is ...
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