Biology Archives - The Walrus and the Honey Bee

Honey Bee Polyandry: The Secret to Their Success

Chromosomes Honey Bee Polyandry: The Secret to Their Success. Yep, a nice catchy headline, but for most beekeepers the polyandrous nature of honey bees is not much of a secret at all. When a virgin honey bee queen takes her…

8 Sep 19 Walrus

Livestock Superpowers: Farm Animals’ Most Spectacular Traits — David Wilson journalism

Not all heroes wear capes. These ones wear nothing at all. Read at Modern Farmer. https://modernfarmer.com/2019/09/livestock-superpowers-farm-animals-most-spectacular-traits/

1 Jan 18 Walrus

How are Bees like Turkeys?!

A turkey Now that the days are getting longer bees in healthy colonies will have swarming on their minds, except that they don’t have minds, but you know what I mean. Obviously they have to build up to it, so…

28 Dec 17 Walrus

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Hollyhock in Ulta Violet light All UV images are by Craig Burrows Karl von Frisch (November 20, 1886 – June 12, 1982) was a very clever man who received the Nobel Prize in 1973 for his work in the field…

15 Oct 17 Walrus

Bee Sex!

Yesterday I attended the Autumn Cheshire Beekeepers’ Convention and Honey Show at Forest Hills Hotel in Frodsham. As usual I stayed for the two morning lectures, ate a hearty lunch fit for a walrus, and left. The speakers were excellent.…