Bee-flies look adorable. Seeing the dark-edged bee-fly hover in mid-air, some people describe it as a tiny, fluffy, flying narwhale. It has a hairy little body and face, and a very long, straw-like ...
Flies play a crucial role as pollinators, second only to bees in terms of the volume of crops and habitat they pollinate, López-Uribe explained. Flies are especially important for overall health ...
Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant spider, are experts at misdirection and their ability to confuse predators or prey is on a par with that of John Travolta in Face/Off and Arya Stark ...
“We targeted young bees so we could track their age more accurately, especially when they start to fly and when they stop,” said Robyn Underwood of Penn State, who also participated in the stud ...
In a study recently published in the Journal of Melittology, an international team of researchers looked at the heat tolerance for a variety of species of bees and flies in tropical and subtropical ...
There are more species of fly in the UK than there are mammals on the planet,' states Erica. Among these are beauties like Bombylius bee-flies, picture-winged flies and the hornet hoverfly (the UK's ...
Sometimes all you really need is to get where you're going at the best price. Here's what it's like to travel on the discount ...