Honeybee queens are made not just by royal jelly, but by an entire colony engineering the perfect royal nursery.

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Pesticide exposure may quietly weaken honeybee colonies as queens shift harmful chemicals into their developing eggs.

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For a long time, the standard account of queen-making in honeybees centered on one ingredient: royal jelly. A recent study suggests that answer was incomplete. The path to becoming queen also appears ...

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As yellow-legged hornets spread through South Carolina’s Lowcountry region, threatening the local honey crop, a state team of ...

Bumblebees are among the world’s most important pollinators, helping to grow many crops and wild plants. But new research ...