June 2016

June 16, 2016

Honeybees Use Antimicrobial Resin to Sterilize Hives

When honeybees start building a nest for a new colony they line the nest with resin that they mix with some wax, a mixture called propolis. Scientists have discovered that by doing this, the bees actually help protect the members…

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June 15, 2016

Do We Really Eat Insects When We Are Sleeping?

Many of us have heard from others that we eat many insects when we are sleeping, but is this true? According to Matan Shelomi, an entomologist, the answer is no! But that does not mean that you do not unwittingly…

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June 14, 2016

So How do Insects Really See the World?

Is it true that some insects, such as flies, see the world like we humans see the world when we look through a kaleidoscope? It turns out that this is a myth. Insect vision is often depicted as “kaleidoscope vision”…

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June 13, 2016

Yet Another Disease Spread by Mosquitos

Those insatiable mosquitos have done it once again. They’ve added yet another disease to the growing list of illnesses they can infect us humans with when they choose to make a meal out of our sweet blood. In recent years…

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June 10, 2016

Insects Evolved Much Earlier than Previously Supposed

Now that humans have developed highly sophisticated supercomputers we are currently facing potential strides in human knowledge that go well beyond what intellectuals of all sorts had initially predicted. For instance, we are now capable of using advanced computer programs…

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June 9, 2016

The Hissing Antlered Cockroach

The island of Madagascar is a terrifying place as this island rivals Australia as being home to the world's most terrifying and deadly animals. One particularly nasty little creature has been given the understandable moniker of the Hissing Cockroach because,…

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June 8, 2016

WATCH: Mosquitoes Use 6 Needles To Suck Your Blood

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June 7, 2016

Genetically Altered Mosquitos Could Wipe Out Malaria

Genetically Altered Mosquitos Could Wipe Out Malaria Scientists have recently developed two ways to genetically alter the genes of mosquitos so that they could effectively wipe out malaria within one season. Two teams of biologists from the Irvine campus of…

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June 6, 2016

Ants Don’t Tolerate Cheaters

In the human world, especially in this modern day and age, women and men who cheat on their partners are punished pretty severely. They are often ostracized from general society, stoned in the Arab world, physically hurt by scorned partners,…

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June 3, 2016

Setting the Record Straight on Yellow Jackets

First of all the rightfully feared Yellow Jackets are not bees, rather they are a type of wasp that look like bees due to their obvious yellow color. Secondly unlike bees, the Yellow Jacket is a social insect in that…

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