David Papke’s “Bee Observant”

December 2025 The most observed honey bee in history is likely #107, a worker that emerged from her cell in an observation hive on July 5th, 1949. She was watched constantly, her movements and activities monitored eight hours a day until finally, on July 30th, she failed to return from a foraging flight. #107 belonged to a research study lead by Martin Lindauer who sought to understand how a colony is capable of managing a multitude of tasks simultaneously and Read More …