Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are helping to protect honey bee populations while developing new strategies ...

Penn State scientists uncover how parent genes compete to decide if a honey bee larva becomes a queen or a worker.

Bees are remarkable, cooperative creatures but we know little of them beyond...delicious honey...and more vaguely as ...

Despite having identical genetic instructions, female honey bee larvae can develop into either long-lived reproductive queens ...

Australian scientists are looking for creative ways to stop drug-resistant superbugs in their tracks — and bees could be the ...

From South America to the Southern U.S., these aggressive honeybees are on the move, posing significant risks. Understanding ...

Researchers discovered that genetic conflict between paternal and maternal genes determines whether honey bee larvae become ...

Butterflies and bees flitted from bud to bud, digging their furry faces into dusty pollen. “I planned to never retire,” ...

Cleansing flights may look chaotic, but they play a critical role in hive health, disease prevention, and colony survival.

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...

The most famous packing problem concerns spheres. In 1611, the astronomer Johannes Kepler proposed that the densest way to ...