"Without queens, there's no colony. And without colonies, we lose essential pollinators. These breaks may be the very reason colonies succeed."
Scientists have unveiled a new food source designed to sustain honey bee colonies indefinitely without natural pollen.
Honey bees are world class dancers. But their dance "styles" affect how successful they are at gathering food with a group, research finds.
An expert explains the recent news of the eradication of murder hornets in the US, including whether they could return.
On this podcast episode, an expert explains how bees recognize human faces as well as other fascinating facts about the buzzing insects.
When researchers put honey bees in tiny 3D-printed harnesses, they learned the insects can smell lung cancer in human breath.
Fields of a single crop can harm bee health, but planting other types of vegetation nearby can protect pollinators from infectious diseases.
Bees first evolved more than 120 million years ago and diversified faster and spread wider than previously thought.
Carrying pollen gives bumble bees a workout, significantly increasing their body temperature, a new study shows.
Researchers collected more than 16,000 bees from 128 different species to evaluate pollinator habitats in North Carolina agricultural areas.
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