Honey bees are incredibly efficient, often building their intricate hives in the most unexpected and hidden locations, far from human view. These massive colonies can thrive unnoticed within the ...

Miami University researcher Alexander Zomchek is working to build a better honey bee, using “instrumental insemination” to fertilize desirable queen bees using well-groomed male bees. Believe it or ...

Houses were floating down rivers in videos on John Pledger’s phone as Helene moved through the North Carolina mountains. He watched at his home in Asheboro and wondered how he could help. “Then I saw ...

From left, Francisco López Jiménez, Orit Peleg and graduate student Richard Terrile inspect the honeycomb in a bee hive. On a hot summer day in Colorado, European honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) buzz ...

The Sunshine State’s warm winter temperatures keep the bees active, allowing them to continue to forage. So-called “migratory beekeepers” rely on this three-month sojourn to build up their colonies’ ...

In response to COVID-19, many people spending more time at home picked up some new hobbies. The buzz for Texans was a skyrocketing interest in beekeeping, as #SaveTheBees became synonymous with ...

Honey bees are highly social creatures that live in large family groups. Each group or colony is well-organized, with three types of adult bees: a queen, worker bees, and drones. Worker bees are all ...