Honey Bees' Worker-like Behavior

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Scientists Strapped QR Codes Onto Thousands of Bees to Learn How Far They Actually Fly

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Entomologists in the U.S. glued tiny QR codes to the backs of tens of thousands of honey bees in rural areas of Pennsylvania and New York .

Previous studies suggest that honey bees can forage up to 6.2 miles ( 10 kilometers ) from their hives, but the entomologists hypothesize that this rarely occurs.

The researchers observed that most trips from the hive usually lasted between one and four minutes .

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