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Dull taste Bees are poorly equipped with taste genes, another likely result of the hive, since anything one bee eats has probably been proved safe by another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Buzz on Bees | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

Stinger When deployed, it is left in the victim; the bee dies soon after, but the sac pumps poison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Buzz on Bees | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

Pathogen resistance The bee's genes do not give it a very powerful immune system, surprising in so communal a species. The bee has yet undiscovered ways of staying healthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Buzz on Bees | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

Royal jelly Adult bees secrete this protein mix, and all young bees are fed a portion of it. But an exclusive diet of royal jelly can transform an ordinary bee into an egg-laying queen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Buzz on Bees | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

Outer body The exterior of the bee is not particularly thick, a genetic adaptation that probably arose as a result of hive living, which keeps bees safer than other, more solitary insects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Buzz on Bees | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

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