Contrary to the behavior of certain other insects, bees don’t actually fly once it’s dark, according to this trending ...

There are roughly 100 million managed western honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in hives worldwide, with about half in Europe, Africa and western Asia, where the species is native, and the rest in ...

Honey bees are twice as likely to let in a trespassing insect from another hive if that insect is infected with a deadly virus, according to new research. Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) is a ...

Honey bees are able to carefully manage the temperature inside their hives, but new research shows that extreme summer heat ...

WEBVTT INSECT-SIZE, SAYS ERIKA TARANTAL. ♪ >> ON A QUIET HILLSIDE, THIS CHEST IS ALIVE WITH ACTIVITY. THIS IS A HIVE, HOME TO 75,000 TO 80,000 HONEYBEES. THEY ARE BUSY AT WORK. >> I TRIED TO HELP ...

Viruses spread from honey bees to wild bees through shared flowers, threatening pollination and plant communities.

Mice love to take shelter inside beehives. It’s a perfect spot for a mouse; warm and cozy with plenty of honey to eat. However, bees aren’t too keen on invaders, and they have ways of dealing with ...

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 ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Declines in bee populations around the world have been widely reported over the past several decades. Much attention has focused on honey ...

SEATTLE (KOMO) — New research out of Washington State University finds honey bees are at risk for colony collapse due to longer warmer falls seasons. Researchers blame a warming climate for tricking ...

Honey bees are under extreme pressure. Beekeepers in the US have been losing and then replacing an average of 40% of their honey bee colonies every year since 2010, a rate that is probably ...