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Bumblebees surprise scientists by showing a sense of rhythm

Recognising rhythmic patterns was thought to require a big brain, but a series of experiments has shown that buff-tailed bumblebees have this ability, too

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Ants capture carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into armour

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Everyone's a queen: The ant species with no males or workers

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Ants attack their nest-mates because pollution changes their smell

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The long-overlooked insects that could save our crops

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Mosquito proboscis repurposed as a fine nozzle for 3D printing

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Parasitic ant tricks workers into killing their queen, then usurps her

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Stunning amber deposits hold insects from the time of the dinosaurs

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Queen ant makes males of another species for daughters to mate with

Bizarrely, Iberian harvester ant queens lay eggs that turn into male builder harvester ants, and some of her offspring are hybrids of the two species

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Artificial superfood for bees boosts colony reproduction

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These ants are one of the most effective teams in the natural world

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Two sneaky viruses may be messing with honeybee flight

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New-to-science stick insect is the heaviest ever found in Australia

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