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Bumblebee Queens Prefer Layovers to Nonstop Flights

03.29.2019 - By Scientific AmericanPlay

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Scientists tracked bumblebee queens with radar when they emerged from hibernation and found the bees take only brief flights en route to a new nest. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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