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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