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To try to defend the colony from this incessant predation, the bees fight back by forming a cluster on the flight board. They thus save a few
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
To try to defend the colony from this incessant predation, the bees fight back by forming a cluster on the flight board. They thus save a few foraging bees returning after gathering nectar and pollen from the flowers. France
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Face-off between David and Goliath. The bee has no chance of defeating the formidable predator that is the Asian hornet Vespa velutina.
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Face-off between David and Goliath. The bee has no chance of defeating the formidable predator that is the Asian hornet Vespa velutina.
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Apidologie - Bees in a flight tunnel. This procedure was used to show that the evaluation of distance by bees proceeds from their
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Apidologie - Bees in a flight tunnel. This procedure was used to show that the evaluation of distance by bees proceeds from their visual system. And through the white and black stripes, its has been shown that it also depends on the landscape's structure. This experiment was carried out by then calculating the length of the bees's dance in relation to the food source of which the distance was identified. /
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Apidologie - A bee in front of an odor gun. This technique allows for an association between an odor and a sugary reward. A sweet solution is applied
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Apidologie - A bee in front of an odor gun. This technique allows for an association between an odor and a sugary reward. A sweet solution is applied to the antennas and the bee stretches out its proboscis, its little trunk. This odor-reflex association has brought to light the bees' capacity to remember odors and the time necessary to acquire olfactory memory. But also more complex learning: for example, an odor A is associated with a sugary solution and an odor B is not. Then, shortly after, it is reversed: the odor A is no longer associated with sugar but the odor B is. Result: the bee is capable of replacing the first signal by the new one. Centre for , FranceResearch, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - Microchips are used by researchers to mark the bees and identify them with a scanner at the entrance
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - Microchips are used by researchers to mark the bees and identify them with a scanner at the entrance to the hive or near the nurse bees. In that way, it is possible to monitor the bees' activities on an individual level. The times they go out, etc… Research Center HOBOS, Würzburg, Germany.
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Leafhopper (Krisnini Tribe) on stem, West Bali National Park, near Menjangan Island, Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia
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© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
Leafhopper (Krisnini Tribe) on stem, West Bali National Park, near Menjangan Island, Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia
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Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) on its identification plate, France
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© David Tatin / Biosphoto
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) on its identification plate, France
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Temporary capture of a Bumblebee (Bombus sp) for identification,
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© David Tatin / Biosphoto
Temporary capture of a Bumblebee (Bombus sp) for identification, France
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Temporary capture of a butterfly for identification, Parc Naturel
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© David Tatin / Biosphoto
Temporary capture of a butterfly for identification, Parc Naturel Régional du Verdon, France
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Inventory of dragonflies, Luberon Regional Nature Park, France
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© David Tatin / Biosphoto
Inventory of dragonflies, Luberon Regional Nature Park, France
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Entomological release, ants, animation of the Vivarium du Moulin,
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© Denis Bringard / Biosphoto
Entomological release, ants, animation of the Vivarium du Moulin, Bollenberg hill, Orschwihr, Haut Rhin, France
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Scientific studies on butterfly Spanish moon moth (Graellsia
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Scientific studies on butterfly Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae), The Ports Natural Park, Terres de L'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
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Scientific studies on butterfly Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae), The Ports Natural Park, Terres de L'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain,
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© Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
Scientific studies on butterfly Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae), The Ports Natural Park, Terres de L'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
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Scientific studies on butterfly Spanish moon moth (Graellsia
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© Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
Scientific studies on butterfly Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae), The Ports Natural Park, Terres de L'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
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Scientific studies on butterfly Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae), The Ports Natural Park, Terres de L'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
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© Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
Scientific studies on butterfly Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae), The Ports Natural Park, Terres de L'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
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Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae) catching on Insect trap at night, The Ports Natural Park, Terres de L'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain,
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© Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae) catching on Insect trap at night, The Ports Natural Park, Terres de L'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
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Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae) entomologist at night,
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© Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae) entomologist at night, The Ports Natural Park, Terres de L'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
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Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae) catch on Insect trap at night, The Ports Natural Park, Terres de L'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
© Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
© Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae) catch on Insect trap at night, The Ports Natural Park, Terres de L'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
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Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae) catching on Insect trap
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© Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae) catching on Insect trap at night, The Ports Natural Park, Terres de L'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
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Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae) catching on Insect trap at night, The Ports Natural Park, Terres de L'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain,
© Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
© Juan-Carlos Muñoz / Biosphoto
Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae) catching on Insect trap at night, The Ports Natural Park, Terres de L'Ebre, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe
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Raphael Calderon in the laboratory of the Cinat studies a piece of brood before carrying out pathological analyses. The Centre of Investigation in to
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Raphael Calderon in the laboratory of the Cinat studies a piece of brood before carrying out pathological analyses. The Centre of Investigation in to Tropical Apiculture (CINAT) of Costa Rica also develops communications with the general public about the stingless bee, trains beekeepers and proposes analyses of honey and bees at minimum cost to the beekeepers. The tropical world of stingless bees
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Portrait of David Roubik, biologist specializing in the stingless bee, the Africanized bee and pollination at the Smithsonian Tropical Research
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Portrait of David Roubik, biologist specializing in the stingless bee, the Africanized bee and pollination at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama. The tropical world of stingless bees
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In the Embrapa laboratory in Belém, the collection of pollinating
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
In the Embrapa laboratory in Belém, the collection of pollinating insects that Giorgio Venturieri started 20 years ago, when he did research into the pollination of the Amazonian canopy, is today a reference even if it only brings together 1000 species. Stingless bees of the Amazon
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Close-up of Giorgio Venturieri collection of pollinators of
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Close-up of Giorgio Venturieri collection of pollinators of Amazonia with its Apidea Euglossa chalybeata bees.. Stingless bees of the Amazon
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Giorgio Venturieri at the apiary belonging to Joan Evangelista
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Giorgio Venturieri at the apiary belonging to Joan Evangelista Moteiro, 57 years old, in the region of Abaetetuba. Joan is a peasant. For a long time, forestry was indispensable to his life in the forest, but today, with his acai plantation producing that fruit and heart of palm, shrimp fishing and keeping of the stingless bees, he succeeds in providing a living for his family.. Stingless bees of the Amazon
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Brazil, State of Para. Giorgio Venturieri harvesting a hive. The system of hives put in place by Embrapa'a program permits the bees to store the
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Brazil, State of Para. Giorgio Venturieri harvesting a hive. The system of hives put in place by Embrapa'a program permits the bees to store the nectar in an easy to harvest part of the hive. Stingless bees of the Amazon
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Brazil, State of Para, Piétropolis. Giorgio Venturieri at the apiary belonging to Vilena Fernandes da Silva, a farmer who also grows acai, cashews,
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Brazil, State of Para, Piétropolis. Giorgio Venturieri at the apiary belonging to Vilena Fernandes da Silva, a farmer who also grows acai, cashews, lemons, coconuts, coffee, mangoes and other fruits and nuts.. Stingless bees of the Amazon
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Brazil, State of Para, Piétropolis. Giorgio Venturieri takes samples of honey from different apiaries located within a 150 to 300km radius of Belém.
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Brazil, State of Para, Piétropolis. Giorgio Venturieri takes samples of honey from different apiaries located within a 150 to 300km radius of Belém. The honeys will be analyzed for their therapeutic properties and also to find out what pollens are present in the regions in question, which will then maybe allow him to identify the plants. Stingless bees of the Amazon
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Brazil, State of Para, Piétropolis. The association Flores da Amazonia, which brings together 60 beekeepers, has also thrown itself into the raising
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Brazil, State of Para, Piétropolis. The association Flores da Amazonia, which brings together 60 beekeepers, has also thrown itself into the raising of stingless bees. Giorgio Venturieri is in the apiary belonging to Marron, the owner of the association's lands. Former banker, he took advantage of a restructuring to buy land and share 25 hectares with the association and local beekeepers. Stingless bees of the Amazon
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Brazil, State of Para, near Bragança. Mr. Roque, 68 years old and a beekeeping farmer, with Professor Giorgio Venturieri harvesting together the
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Brazil, State of Para, near Bragança. Mr. Roque, 68 years old and a beekeeping farmer, with Professor Giorgio Venturieri harvesting together the honey from a hive.. Stingless bees of the Amazon
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Giorgio Venturieri in front of an open hive of Trigona fulviventris bees, which have the particularity of keeping on their back legs little balls of
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Giorgio Venturieri in front of an open hive of Trigona fulviventris bees, which have the particularity of keeping on their back legs little balls of resin to protect them from ant attacks. "I put in place a system of hives that allows for the colonies' easy division, to multiply the hives and carry out several honey harvests.". Stingless bees of the Amazon
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Brazil, on the Rio Para channel of the Amazon Delta, Professor Giorgio Venturieri brings the mini-hives of his design to different apiaries in a 150
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Brazil, on the Rio Para channel of the Amazon Delta, Professor Giorgio Venturieri brings the mini-hives of his design to different apiaries in a 150 km radius around Belém. Stingless bees of the Amazon
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Brésil, sur le confluent du Rio Para, le professeur Giorgio Venturieri apporte des ruches de sa conception aux paysans pour l'un de ses programmes
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Brésil, sur le confluent du Rio Para, le professeur Giorgio Venturieri apporte des ruches de sa conception aux paysans pour l'un de ses programmes d'étude.///Brazil, on the Rio Para channel of the Amazon Delta, Professor Giorgio Venturieri brings the hives of his design to the peasants for one of his study programs.. Stingless bees of the Amazon
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Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) nest in a tree, France
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) nest in a tree, France
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Portrait of Etienne Roumailhac, 42 years old, hunter of Asian hornets, with an Asian hornets' nest. The nest's size can reach one meter in diameter
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Portrait of Etienne Roumailhac, 42 years old, hunter of Asian hornets, with an Asian hornets' nest. The nest's size can reach one meter in diameter and the population can exceed 20,000 hornets. France
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The drone "The Joker" flying towards a 25-meter high Asian hornet's nest during an intervention. France
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The drone "The Joker" flying towards a 25-meter high Asian hornet's nest during an intervention. France
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A hornet attacking the bees. France
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
A hornet attacking the bees. France
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Since the invasion of the hornets in 2004, techniques for
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Since the invasion of the hornets in 2004, techniques for treating the nests have evolved. Today, the pest controllers use twenty meter poles to inject a powder made from Permethrin. France
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Thierry Denis INRA Bordeaux / Agroecological health of the vineyard. He studies the behavioral ecology of insects and is trying to develop
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Thierry Denis INRA Bordeaux / Agroecological health of the vineyard. He studies the behavioral ecology of insects and is trying to develop countermeasures based on their behavior. For him, the use of insecticides is not faultless because it disperses the insecticide in nature. Here, an experiment on a young nest seeks to determine the hornets' favorite food sources. France
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Antoine Couto, 28 years old, doctoral student at the CNRS (national center for scientific research) of Gif sur Yvette. He studies the behavioral
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Antoine Couto, 28 years old, doctoral student at the CNRS (national center for scientific research) of Gif sur Yvette. He studies the behavioral neurophysiology of the Asian hornet and seeks to discover which pheromones induce predatory action in the Asian hornet. That could allow for a sort of “counterattack” by injecting these pheromones into the hornets' nest and thus deregulate their social behavior. The hornets' nest would self-devour itself... Fracne
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At the experimental apiary of the CNRS (national center for scientific research) in Toulouse, the hornets attack during the beekeeper's inspection of
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
At the experimental apiary of the CNRS (national center for scientific research) in Toulouse, the hornets attack during the beekeeper's inspection of the hives. ///
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Face-off between an Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) in flight and an Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on alveoli. France
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Face-off between an Asian hornet (Vespa velutina) in flight and an Honey bee (Apis mellifera) on alveoli. France
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Near the nest, the Asian hornets (Vespa velutina) summarily attack any intruder. France
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Near the nest, the Asian hornets (Vespa velutina) summarily attack any intruder. France
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With its enormous mandibles, the Asian hornet is a formidable predator. France
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
With its enormous mandibles, the Asian hornet is a formidable predator. France
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Mortal combat on a hive's flight board. The Asian hornet does not hesitate to attack the bees at the foot of the hive. France
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Mortal combat on a hive's flight board. The Asian hornet does not hesitate to attack the bees at the foot of the hive. France
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The Asian hornet will hover in front of the hive's entry to hunt the bees returning from the flowers with their load of pollen and nectar. Tired,
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The Asian hornet will hover in front of the hive's entry to hunt the bees returning from the flowers with their load of pollen and nectar. Tired, weighed down, these bees are easy prey... France
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An Asian hornet attacks a colony of undomesticated bees settled in a tree. The wild swarms are particularly vulnerable to Asian hornets, which puts
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
An Asian hornet attacks a colony of undomesticated bees settled in a tree. The wild swarms are particularly vulnerable to Asian hornets, which puts at risk our common bee as well as all pollinators in the wild. France
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Apidologie - Prof. Martin Guirfa in front of a diagram of a bee's brain. Prof Martin Giurfa's team (CNRS) at the University of Toulouse III - Paul
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Apidologie - Prof. Martin Guirfa in front of a diagram of a bee's brain. Prof Martin Giurfa's team (CNRS) at the University of Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier has shown that bees were also “capable of generating then manipulating concepts in order to access a source of food”. What is remarkable, specified the professor, is that they can even use two different concepts to make a decision when faced with a new situation. This work, the CNRS confirms in a communiqué, "brings into question many theories in domains such as animal cognition, human psychology, neurosciences and artificial intelligence".
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - The microchips are used by researchers to mark the bees and identify them by a scanner at the entrance
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - The microchips are used by researchers to mark the bees and identify them by a scanner at the entrance to the hive or near the sugar distributors. It is thus possible to monitor the bee's activities on an individual level, such as the hours they leave the hive.
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - A bee secreting wax scales. The bee has 8 wax glands of which the bee controls the functioning in
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) - A bee secreting wax scales. The bee has 8 wax glands of which the bee controls the functioning in well-determined, heat and dietary conditions. Only the bees between the ages of 12 to 18 days produce wax.
