Honeybees and magnetoreception
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The magnetite particles in honeybees' fat bodies are probably not part of a system honeybees use to sense magnetic fields for navigational purposes as has been proposed. The fat bodies of honeybees are high in iron due to their diet and because fat bodies are involved in honeybees' iron metabolism.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1995
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Life in Ice-Covered Oceans
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Assessing the basic requirements for life on Earth is valuable in determining whether life is plausible in the oceans under the ice crusts of the Jovian satellites Europa and Callisto. An assessment of the physical and chemical requirements as they apply to Europa is presented.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1999
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Chemical communication in honeybees
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Researchers have described the biosynthesis of honeybee queen mandibular pheromone, which mediates much of the honeybees' social life. The history of research on the sociobiology and chemical ecology of the pheromone is reviewed.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1996
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