Sentences with phrase «of worker bees»

Faced with such a resilient foe, a group of worker bees resorted to coating the beetles in a sticky mix of resin, mud and wax.

(Sorry about microwave, unfortunately this is the reality of worker bees nowadays, no hobs in office kitchens; again if you are at home, just poach egg as you would normally).

The researchers also assessed the gut microbiome of worker bees in each queen's colony to see if there was any relationship between the microbiome of the workers and the microbiome of the queens.

In summary, this study uncovers a new mechanism that plant miRNAs in larval diet of worker bees delay caste differentiation and keep ovaries inactive, thereby inducing sterile worker bees.

Kirchner compared the behaviour of worker bees subjected to such vibrations every five seconds for an hour, with worker bees that experienced no vibrations for an hour.

Team leader Martin Bencsik has previously used sensors known as accelerometers to capture a distinct change in bee sounds before the phenomenon known as swarming, which is when the queen quits the hive, taking many of the worker bees with her.

It's what happens when most of the worker bees abandon a hive.

The former is the food of the worker bees while the latter is the goo designed to grow the queen bee into a colossal size.

Royal jelly is a milky white secretion from the glands in the heads of worker bees.

Royal jelly is secreted from the glands of worker bees to feed their larvae and queen.

LOL... yah, not really the queen; more of a worker bee.

Swarming is the process when a queen bee leaves with a large group of worker bees, in the quest to create a new colony.

We won't be giving away any cows this time of year, but you'll be in excellent company with tips, recipes, and stories from some of my Worker Bees.

Colony collapse disorder (CCD), in which colonies inexplicably lose all of their worker bees, has been blamed for the loss of 50 - 90 percent of colonies in beekeeping operations across the U.S.

Harper recognizes that it would be ludicrous to expect partners to actually believe that the well - being of their worker bees is relevant.