http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/04/02/honeybees-self-medicate-with-anti-fungal-resin/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/04/02/honeybees-self-medicate-with-anti-fungal-resin/#comment-32318 Pippa Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:16:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=36183#comment-32318 "Maybe it’s not how many brain cells you have, but how well you use them.' How very true - just look at mankind! “Maybe it’s not how many brain cells you have, but how well you use them.’ How very true – just look at mankind!

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/04/02/honeybees-self-medicate-with-anti-fungal-resin/#comment-32317 Wendsong Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:57:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=36183#comment-32317 So, doesn't anyone wonder how the bees know about the anti-fungal resin, in the instances that they seek it out after infection takes place? As far as eusocial insects are concerned, we are really missing the boat. Maybe it's not how many brain cells you have, but how well you use them. So, doesn’t anyone wonder how the bees know about the anti-fungal resin, in the instances that they seek it out after infection takes place? As far as eusocial insects are concerned, we are really missing the boat. Maybe it’s not how many brain cells you have, but how well you use them.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/04/02/honeybees-self-medicate-with-anti-fungal-resin/#comment-32316 Iain Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:47:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=36183#comment-32316 re colony collapse syndrome Could beekeepers use this by painting it on their hives to help slow or prevent losing their colonies? Or is it a pesticide problem? re colony collapse syndrome
Could beekeepers use this by painting it on their hives to help slow or prevent losing their colonies? Or is it a pesticide problem?

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