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Aphrodisiac virus makes plants super-attractive to bumblebees
The benefits of a viral infection for tomato plants may outweigh the costs – infected plants attract more pollinators and therefore produce more seeds
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Wasps stitch up spiders in silk nests where they are eaten alive
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Giant honeybees may act like a collective lung to beat the heat
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Cactus bugs compensate for lack of weapons with bigger balls
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Earth
Spiky new ant species is named after Game of Thrones dragons
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Controversial pesticides may be lowering the sperm count of bees
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Bees spew water at their hive-mates when the temperature rises
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Kiss of death marks young ant rivals for worker kill squad
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Life
Silencing ‘Spider-Man gene’ makes flies stick to walls and die
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Listen to secrets of a honeybee hive in Kew’s latest sculpture
An ingenious new installation at London’s Kew Gardens offers visitors a novel way to experience life inside the hive – and commune with nature
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Carnivorous plant conned out of a meal by cunning fly larvae
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Dragonfly wings can track radiation doses after a nuclear mishap
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Animals may be fed manure-bred maggots to make meat sustainable
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Plant bleeds nectar when attacked to summon ant defenders
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