A History of Honey

The history shared by humans and bees begin back in the mesolithic, the Middle Stone Age, some 10,000 years ago. From the first evidence of foraging from bee hives, people's relationships with bees around the world developed, leading to the construction and use of containers to house hive...

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Why Should We Bee Spraying Our Crops?

It's no secret that the agriculture community sprays various chemicals on their crops to avoid pests, weeds, and other insects. But, to what extent do these sprays actually help the crops? And do they damage other organisms around them? With more companies spraying crops despite the protest of...

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A History of Bees

Bees, both wild and farmed, are a wonderful and essential component of modern ecosystems and economies. But how did this useful little insect come to be? Today there are over 16,000 species of bees throughout the world, all of which originated from an ancestor in the distant past...

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Bee Aware - How Do Sick Bees Affect Us?

Hello everyone! Our team has been working hard to help the sick bees, but how exactly does a bee get sick? What happens to bees when they get sick? How do sick bees affect humans? In this blog post I will discuss the fungal parasites that affect bees...

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Inside The Beehive

Introduction On the outside, a bees' nest looks like a simple place where bees are flying in and out and going about their daily business. However, the bees' nest is really a complicated interconnected network where each bee has a job to do in order to contribute to...

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Africanized Bees

Hello there, my name is Jesus and after forgiving everyone's sins and saving the entire human race, I decided to join iGEM to save the bees this time. Just kidding I couldn't even save my goldfish when I was 6... but I'll try my best to save the...

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Bee-ing Busy Pollinating For Us

When I first started iGEM I thought that the bees' only purpose was to strike fear into the heart of all humans and stab us with their butt swords. I have since learned that they are an important link in the agricultural industry by: giving us honey, beeswax,...

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