{"589626":{"#nid":"589626","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Scientists just discovered how bees clean themselves \u2014 and the slow-mo footage is mesmerizing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBees perform a crucial\u0026nbsp;function\u0026nbsp;for nature by pollinating crops. Now, researchers at Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;have explored how they keep themselves clean\u0026nbsp;while dealing with that messy pollen....\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/david-hu\u0022\u003EDavid L. Hu\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor who has a joint appointment in the School of Biological Sciences and the School of Mechanical Engineering, co-authored the study. Hu\u0026nbsp;says this is the first quantitative \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1748-3190\/aa5c6e?utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_source=iop\u0026amp;utm_term=\u0026amp;utm_campaign=11293-33554\u0026amp;utm_content=Read%20More\u0022\u003Eanalysis\u003C\/a\u003E of how honeybees clean themselves and carry pollen\u0026nbsp;using the 3 million hairs on their bodies. \u003Cem\u003EThe study appeared in the journal Bioinspiration and Biomimetics.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-03-31 19:27:49","changed_gmt":"2017-03-31 19:38:02","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"LZRD sleeve","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/bees-cleaning-themselves-slow-motion-amazing-2017-3","dateline":{"date":"2017-03-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-03-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"589628":{"id":"589628","type":"image","title":"David L. Hu","body":null,"created":"1490988797","gmt_created":"2017-03-31 19:33:17","changed":"1490988797","gmt_changed":"2017-03-31 19:33:17","alt":"","file":{"fid":"224656","name":"David L. Hu.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/David%20L.%20Hu.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/David%20L.%20Hu.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7757,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/David%20L.%20Hu.jpg?itok=vux50JH4"}}},"media_ids":["589628"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"173930","name":"David L. Hu"},{"id":"2228","name":"honeybees"},{"id":"80651","name":"pollen"},{"id":"173931","name":"pollenkitt"}],"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":""}}}