New insights into bee movements and life cycles have been uncovered after researchers tracked the insects using tiny QR codes glued onto their backs.

Scientists have come up with a unique but practical way of monitoring bees' daily activity. Their solution consists in sticking a small QR code on them so as to track them as minutely as possible when they go foraging.

Researchers at Penn State came up with a small but mighty way to learn honeybees' hive secrets. Scientists glued teeny tiny QR codes, that are smaller than a pinky nail, to the backs of young bees to figure out how much time the pollinators spend buzzing outside their hives,

Researchers put a sensor at the entrance of beehives to register each time the pollinators entered or exited, and how long they were gone.

Entomologists are gluing tiny QR codes on honey bees to better track the pollinators’ travel habits and life cycles. In doing so, they hope to gain a more complete and accurate understanding of the environmentally crucial creatures,

At Penn State, a new study using QR codes smaller than a fingernail is being done to learn more about bees. KDKA's Jessica Guay spoke with some of the researchers about their work.