and in doing so they have finally begun to solve the mystery of how far bees travel from the hive when they are out foraging for nectar and pollen. "If you take a bee out of the hive and put it up ...

Scientists glued teeny tiny QR codes, that are smaller than a pinky nail, to the backs of young bees to figure out how much time the pollinators spend buzzing outside their hives, collecting pollen ...