{"620027":{"#nid":"620027","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Adhesive Formed From Bee Spit and Flower Oil Could Form Basis of New Glues","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHoney bees spend hours each day collecting pollen and packing it into tidy bundles attached to their hind legs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut all of that hard work could instantly be undone during a sudden rainstorm were it not for two substances the insect uses to keep the pollen firmly stuck in place: bee spit and flower oil.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology are looking at that mixture of ingredients as a model for a bioinspired glue because of its unique adhesive properties and ability to remain sticky through a range of conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;A bee encounters not just wet and humid environments but windy and dry surroundings as well, so its pollen pellet must counteract those variations in humidity while remaining adhered,\u0026rdquo; said J. Carson Meredith, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. \u0026ldquo;Being able to withstand those kinds of changes in humidity is still a challenge for synthetic adhesives.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2019\/03\/27\/adhesive-formed-bee-spit-and-flower-oil-could-form-basis-new-glues\u0022\u003ERead the full article here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"RBI affiliated Professor Carson Meredith shares the details"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2019-04-03 16:48:20","changed_gmt":"2019-04-03 16:48:20","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-04-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-04-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"620026":{"id":"620026","type":"image","title":"Carson Meredith talks bees and adhesives","body":null,"created":"1554310058","gmt_created":"2019-04-03 16:47:38","changed":"1554310058","gmt_changed":"2019-04-03 16:47:38","alt":"","file":{"fid":"236066","name":"carsonmeredith-bees.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/carsonmeredith-bees.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/carsonmeredith-bees.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":361976,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/carsonmeredith-bees.jpg?itok=K2FwJ1R9"}}},"media_ids":["620026"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJosh Brown,\u0026nbsp;Research News,\u0026nbsp;(404) 385-0500\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}