An international group of researchers, led by the Smith Bee Lab at Auburn University, have now shown that honey bees ...

Mirroring the mechanisms that make human faces and bodies—and those of many multicellular organisms—symmetrical, bee colonies ...

Researchers at Arizona State University, University of Maryland and Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique in France have found that adult bees use the changing pheromone signals of young ...

Welcome to the magical world of beekeeping, where nature's most prominent architects create the most significant sweet ...

The little honey bee is a unique little insect. Her anatomy was engineered, developed and equipped to do the things necessary ...

A study led by researchers at Auburn University’s Smith Bee Lab has uncovered a unique example of internal symmetry within nature: honeybees exhibit mirror-like symmetry in the contents of their nests ...

It was clear she had a profound respect for the bees and the vital work they do.” Thompson recommends that beginner ...

Our close relationship with bees dates back thousands of years and for good reason. These little miracle workers are a vital part of the environment and the food chain. Today the humble honey bee ...

Unlike honey bees, which store their honey in a wax honeycomb, stingless bees store theirs in pots of wax mixed with tree resins. Stingless bee honey has a distinctive, sour taste compared to ...

Asdhan Kulung (right) has attached ropes to a hive and holds it steady as Mauli saws it away from the rock. Once pieces of the hive are severed, they will be lowered to the ground with ropes.

As the world's native bee populations are declining, crop production requiring pollinators increasingly relies on commercial pollination services. In the U.S., the beekeeping industry is in great ...

"There's about 1.3 million acres of almond trees in California, and each acre requires two honey bee hives for pollination, so that's about 2.6 million honey bee hives every year. They are coming ...