Magnetic Bees

Bees of many species contain tiny magnetic particles – suggesting they may have an innate magnetic compass for navigation

A surprisingly large number and diversity of bee species – 74 out of 96 tested – have magnetic properties, according to research published recently in the journal Science Advances.

Magnetism was detected across all the different families of bees, for social and solitary bees, in nocturnal bees, and in bees that live in nests in the ground as well as those that live above ground in hives. Insects from other groups examined for comparison, including beetles, wasps and flies, were also magnetic.

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