The film "Bumblebee" explores the life cycle of bumblebees, focusing on a queen bee that emerges from hibernation and establishes a nest in an abandoned burrow. It details her role in laying eggs ...

A recent study reveals that bumblebee queens may hold the key to the survival of the species, while teaching humans a lesson ...

SUBJECTS: Science YEARS: F–2, 3–4, 5–6. For most of its life, a bee is in the care and service of its hive. When a larva (egg) hatches, nurse bees care for it, checking on it up to 1000 ...

Watch this video to find out more about bees. Watch this video to find out more about bees. BBC Homepage. Skip to content; ... Thousands of bees can live in a beehive, but there is only one queen bee.

In spring, queen bees emerge from hibernation to fly off to continue the bees' life cycle in a new colony. An agricultural dose of thiamethoxam reduces their ability to do this, and boosts the ...