Bees with “backpacks” can still eat, control their flight and perform other normal behavior. (University of Washington via YouTube) Bees with tiny electronic devices on their backs could sound like a ...

Our friends the bees have certain behaviors that are unhealthy to the hive and scary for passersby. One behavior, swarming, happens when a hive splits naturally with a group of bees following a new ...

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Experts have invented a tiny sensor that can be placed onto bees, making them a small drone that can oversee farm conditions for a long period. Typical drones can hover over around for approximately ...

SEATTLE, WA—Farmers can already use drones to soar over huge fields and monitor temperature, humidity or crop health. But these machines need so much power to fly that they can’t get very far without ...

Farmers can use drones to monitor their fields, but they have their limits when they can rarely fly for more than 20 to 30 minutes at a time. University of Washington researchers might have a smarter ...

Australian scientists have devised a way to pinpoint the causes of the global die-off of bees that pollinate a third of the world’s crops: Attach tiny sensors to 5,000 honey bees, and follow where ...

Roboticists often look to the natural world for inspiration. But what about piggybacking technology onto nature itself? Engineers have created a sensing system that effectively turns bumblebees into ...

Farmers can already use drones to soar over huge fields and monitor temperature, humidity or crop health. But these machines need so much power to fly that they can't get very far without needing a ...