Sentences with phrase «other worker bees»

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Besides a handful of national holidays, the typical American worker bee gets two or three precious weeks off out of a whole year to relax and see the world — much less than what people in many other countries receive.

If one worker bee senses danger she emits a warning pheromone that summons other bees to the fight.

Two years ago he and other entomologists went to work on what sounded like the scenario for rip - roaring fiction: widespread, unexplained disappearances of honey bee workers that left the youngsters and queen behind for no obvious reason.

«What I find most fascinating is that it suggests that viruses can function with a sort of primitive «hive mentality» to ensure efficient use of host cell resources, akin to the way worker bees tell others where to locate the best food sources.»

It is the first time that workers have been caught taking over the hives of other bees.

As soon as a bee ball was formed in the hive, we placed the bee ball in a beaker to separate the workers forming the bee ball from the other nestmates.

The same process that determines why certain bees become queen bees while others with the exact same DNA become worker bees also plays a role in how doughnuts eaten by a pregnant woman may influence whether her child becomes obese.

With no worker bees, the supply of peaches, blueberries, squash or other foods could run short.