Honey bee colonies have a surprising way of ensuring survival. When a queen bee weakens due to virus infection, her pheromone signals decline. Worker bees sense this weakness and instinctively raise a ...

A once-powerful ruler is sick. The virus threatens the entire kingdom. Previously loyal subjects plot to overthrow their leader. A new, more virile ruler ascends. “A healthy queen can lay as many as ...

JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) -Scientists are concerned that the bee population is dropping, and that could be a crisis. An organic bee farm in Jackson County is raising strong queen bees and shipping ...

In chess, the queen is the most valuable piece for a player. She’s capable of making any move, which also makes her the most protected after the king. In a bee colony, the queen holds the same rank.

Fascinating up-close footage showing how honey bees go about killing a queen bee has been scaring up a storm on social media. Earlier this month, Florida beekeeper Elisha Bixler shared a dramatic ...

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 ...

A honey bee colony runs like a perfectly organised society, with the queen at its heart, laying eggs and producing pheromones that keep order. Yet sometimes, the workers take a shocking step and ...