Interesting Snippets

This page will be used to add interesting snippets of information on bees that don't necessarily fit anywhere else. Pop back here from time to time to check out what interesting or fun things have been added:

• Petal nesting solitary bee discovered - see NPR website link for story - added 22/5/2010
• 600 year old beehive - discovered in Scottish chapel roof - Added 13/5/2010 
• Party Positions on GM Crops - Farmers Weekly Reports on GMOs In The UK General Election - Added 12/04/2010
• Honeybees recognise human faces! - New York Times article and Journal of Experimental Biology report on a Université de Toulouse study; would you believe it? Thanks to Marc Carlton for this snippet - Added - 23/03/10
• Bumble bee flight path - BBC video tracking bees on radar - Added - 23/03/10
• Who needs a bee hive? - Fascinating post form the Downsizer forum which shows how tolerant bees can be - make sure that you follow the link to the pictures - Added - 23/03/10
• What happens inside a hive when bees swarm - BBC video and report of a Cornell University study - Added - 23/03/10