The peanut-shaped compartments where future queens grow up seem to play an important role in development. The wax has ...

World Bee Day is celebrated globally every year on May 20 to highlight the importance of bees and other pollinators in ...

When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And honey bees have queens, a female who lays essentially all of the eggs for the colony. But most ...

Secrets of the hive unlocked thanks to child’s question.

As tiny insects, honey bees are consistently underestimated. These little guys are far more complex than most people realize. While their buzz might send you ducking for cover, honey bees aren’t much ...