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What Can’t Bees Do? Unique Study of Urban Beehives Reveals the Secrets of Several Cities Around the World

Bees provide myriad benefits to humanity, including pollination services, honey production, food security and crop pollination, artistic inspiration, and even career opportunities. But what if bees could also provide insights into human and city health? A new study published today in Environmental Microbiome shows how honeybee hives reveal information about human health, pathogens, plant life, ...

Troy Oakes

A honeybee gathering nectar from a yellow flower has pollen coating its body.

Honeybees Reveal Environmental Pollution in Their Surroundings

Honeybees are bioindicators of environmental pollution in the area, since they get coated in everything that there is in the environment, including pollutants, and they end up taking it all back to their beehives. Honeybees sample a significant range of spaces, because they have a wide flight range, becoming covered with whatever build-up is in ...

Troy Oakes

Honeybees on a beehive frome.