{"651549":{"#nid":"651549","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Biomechanics of pollen pellet removal by the honey bee","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAccording to a new Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;study, honeybees have developed a way to convert pollen particles into viscoelastic pellets, allowing them to be efficiently, quickly, and reliably transported to the hive. The study also suggests that insects remove pollen from their bodies at a rate 2-10 times slower than normal grooming rates. College of Sciences researchers who worked\u0026nbsp;on the study include \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/david-hu\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Biological Sciences; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\/user\/peter-yunker\u0022\u003EPeter Yunker\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gabi-steinbach\u0022\u003EGabi Steinbach\u003C\/a\u003E, postdoctoral researcher, both in the School of Physics. (The study was also reported at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2021-10-honey-bees-pollen-particles-viscoelastic.html\u0022\u003EPhys.org\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-10-08 15:49:54","changed_gmt":"2021-10-08 15:52:03","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Nicholas J. Conrad Laboratory","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/royalsocietypublishing.org\/doi\/10.1098\/rsif.2021.0549","dateline":{"date":"2021-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"297","name":"David Hu"},{"id":"168707","name":"Peter Yunker"},{"id":"189025","name":"Gabi Steinbach"},{"id":"180897","name":"honey bees"},{"id":"80651","name":"pollen"},{"id":"189026","name":"pollen pellets"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}