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Study: Bees Have Distinct Personalities

Think all bees are drones? Far from it.

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Bees on a Plane: Swarm of Stingers Infests Russian Aircraft

These days it seems impossible to get on a plane without the threat of some creature disturbing the flight.

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Reading While Eating For July 18: Bees, Banks and Guitar Strings

Today’s links feature outrageous sports, outrageous amounts of money, and outrageous vacation destinations.

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A Heist That Stings: Thousands of Bees Stolen from Million-Dollar Project

Built-in stingers aren’t enough to protect thousands of bees from theft, not with millions of dollars at stake in one of the largest bee research projects in the world. Now the underground world of bees—we bet you didn’t know there was such a world—is all abuzz with the news.

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Presidential Buzz: White House Garden Home to a Beehive

While NewsFeed wasn’t fortunate enough to be offered a jar of the up-and-coming White House honey, world leaders have found themselves a touch more privileged.

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Swarm of Bees Traps Deputy in Car for Three Hours

Around 5,000 honeybees decided to make a police car their new hive on Tuesday.

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Why are Bees Dying? Your Cell Phone May Hold a Clue

Scientists couldn’t be more concerned with the stinging news that cellphone radiation could be the partial cause of the phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), according to a new study from Panjab University in Chandigarh, India. (via CNN)