From timc@2ubh.com Wed Aug 28 13:55:30 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: zzzz@localhost.netnoteinc.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phobos.labs.netnoteinc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECE7343F9B for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 08:55:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phobos [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for zzzz@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:55:26 +0100 (IST) Received: from n16.grp.scd.yahoo.com (n16.grp.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.66.71]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g7SCv3Z24934 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:57:03 +0100 X-Egroups-Return: sentto-2242572-53157-1030539429-zzzz=spamassassin.taint.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.94] by n16.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Aug 2002 12:57:09 -0000 X-Sender: timc@2ubh.com X-Apparently-To: zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_0_1); 28 Aug 2002 12:57:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 98674 invoked from network); 28 Aug 2002 12:57:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Aug 2002 12:57:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO tungsten.btinternet.com) (194.73.73.81) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Aug 2002 12:57:09 -0000 Received: from host217-34-71-140.in-addr.btopenworld.com ([217.34.71.140]) by tungsten.btinternet.com with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #8) id 17k2Nf-000447-00 for forteana@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:57:08 +0100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express Macintosh Edition - 4.5 (0410) To: zzzzteana X-Priority: 3 Message-Id: From: "Tim Chapman" X-Yahoo-Profile: tim2ubh MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com; contact forteana-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:55:54 +0100 Subject: [zzzzteana] Worryingly sophisticated bees Reply-To: zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by dogma.slashnull.org id g7SCv3Z24934 Ananova:  Brazilian bees keep their own 'insect ranch' Scientists have found a new species of bee that behaves like a farmer by keeping herds of insects. The Amazonian Schwarzula use their own 'insect ranches' to provide food and building materials. The bees nest in holes in trees alongside 200 aphid-like insects from a species called cryptostigma. Cryptostigma feed on tree sap and excrete a sugar solution, which the bees stop them from drowning in, by licking it up and turning it into honey. The insects also produce wax from glands on their backs, which the bees scrape off and use for their nest. Nature reports it is the first time farming behaviour has been discovered in bees. Biologist Joao Camargo, of the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, said: "In turn the bees provide the insects with sanitary benefits and protection." Writing in the journal Biotropica, Camargo says the bees might even carry their insect ranches around the forest with them and is planning further research on how they tend to their herd. Studies of the Schwarzula showed the bees seemed to get most of their sugar from the insect farms. Some bees were seen licking human sweat for salt. Story filed: 13:49 Wednesday 28th August 2002 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Super Blue Stuff Pain Relief - On Sale Today for $29.95 + shipping! With Super Blue Stuff you¿ll feel the results in just minutes. Relieves arthritis pain, back pain, sore muscles, and more! http://us.click.yahoo.com/N2sPyA/q6kEAA/MVfIAA/7gSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: forteana-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/