A bee on a bee balm

a bee who is calm, she worked on a bee balm. i asked did she see it as pink? she… read more A bee on a bee balm

A bee foraging on crososmia (Iridaceae)

(rewritten from “the lady in red”) The crocosmia sings: You are dancing with me I become red, cheek to cheek… read more A bee foraging on crososmia (Iridaceae)

Bees foraging on catalpa leaves, anyone?

Ok, I have seen bees foraging on catalpa flowers, many years ago. In fact here are some pictures I took,… read more Bees foraging on catalpa leaves, anyone?

Bee vampire picks the right host to suck

Contact(s): Mark Kuykendall , Zachary Huang New insights into the reproductive secrets of one of the world’s tiniest and most… read more Bee vampire picks the right host to suck

Survival analysis in R: time-saving method 2

This blog continues from last time, in trying to generate “long data form” required by R (or any survival analysis,… read more Survival analysis in R: time-saving method 2

Survival analysis in R: time-saving method

In my last blog, we successfully reproduced the SAS method for survival analysis, but it was a pain (and error… read more Survival analysis in R: time-saving method

Survival analysis in R

Last time I showed how you can use SAS to perform survival analysis, but SAS cost money. Many people are… read more Survival analysis in R

Low temperature stress and bee survival and behavior

A new paper is published today on PLoS One: Low-Temperature Stress during Capped Brood Stage Increases Pupal Mortality, Misorientation and… read more Low temperature stress and bee survival and behavior