Sleep is No Light Matter for Bees | Newswise: News for Journalists

Credit: Ashley Kim, Nieh Lab, UC San Diego

The prevalence of light pollution on sleeping honey bees varies from region to region.

Credit: School of Biological Sciences, UC San Diego

Professor James Nieh and graduate student Ashley Kim.

Credit: Ashley Kim, Nieh Lab, UC San Diego

Researchers compared groups of bees that underwent normal sleep in the dark with others that were subjected to continuous artificial light.