Honey bee colonies are often portrayed as models of stability, yet inside the hive, power can change hands with ruthless ...

New research reveals how viral infections in queen bees disturb colony stability and pinpoints a specific pheromone that may help preserve unity and productivity within hives. It may sound like the ...

Apiculture—the technical term for beekeeping—is a major industry across the state of North Carolina. Over 80 out of the 100 ...

A newly published book, “Honey Bee Biology,” authored by UC Davis honeybee scientist Brian Johnson, a leading expert on the behavior, genomics and evolution of honeybees, will be released June 6 by ...

Bees are, in many ways, the darlings of the insect world. Not only do they play a crucial role in thriving ecosystems, but they’re also harbingers of the worsening consequences of climate change. To ...

In a honeybee hive, the queen bee has a vital role. She is responsible for the production of all of the eggs in the hive, laying about 1,500 identical eggs a day. The worker bees take care of each egg ...

The buzzing of bees is an integral part of our ecosystem, but the world of these crucial insects is Bees are an important ...

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A free beekeeping school for military veterans has been developed by the Central Ohio Beekeepers Association and Ohio State ...

This paper describes the nest and other aspects of the biology of Andrena (Pterandrena) accepta Viereck and provides a taxonomic description of its postdefecating larva. This species is the first ...

The breeding biology of Rainbow Bee-eaters (Merops ornatus) was studied between 1997 and 2001 in southeast Queensland, Australia. Rainbow Bee-eaters are unusual in that they combine migration and ...