How do bees make group decisions without a leader? Math experts have determined that the best strategy is for a few to assume ...
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 ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — If you haven’t checked your trash can or large compost bins at your home in a while, beware. There might be ...
There's more than one way to build a honeybee hive, depending on the needs of the bees, according to a study published August 26 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Golnar Gharooni-Fard of the ...
As trees and flowers blossom in spring, bees emerge from their winter nests and burrows. For many species it's time to mate, and some will start new solitary nests or colonies. Bees and other ...
When extreme heat scorches Australia, underground bees retreat into insulating soil to survive, but stem-nesting bees have nowhere to go. A new study reveals just how close these critical pollinators ...
Colony Collapse Disorder emerged in 2006, puzzling scientists with vanishing bees. Research now shows multiple factors weaken ...