Bees
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When It’s Good to Be Antisocial
It turns out that, even in a highly coordinated hive, antisocial individuals persist.“Wanderer above the sea of fog,” by Caspar David Friedrich (1817) Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Bees are emblems of social complexity. Their honeycombs—intricate lattices dripping with food—house bustling hive members carrying out carefully orchestrated duties […] -
Seeing Electricity, Hearing Magnetism & Other Sensory Feats
For elephants, feet are sensory organs.Martin Harvey, Getty Images Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . It’s pretty obvious that dogs have sharper ears and cats a keener sense of smell than we do. But as powerful these senses are, they are merely keener versions of the ones we humans […] -
Loyalty Nearly Killed My Beehive
My queen was a dud, and her replacement had been murdered. -
Tracking Honeybees to Save Them
Can outfitting bees with tiny radio transmitters solve colony collapse disorder? -
Human Tendencies
Some of our most cherished traits are shared by other animals—and even plants.