Bees obviously can’t use this skill on human level, but this progress could help scientists better grasp complex ...

Have you ever wondered why bees or butterflies flock to certain flowers, while completely ignoring others? How do our flying pollinator friends decide what plants to feast upon, and which to flutter ...

Bees are not supposed to read code. Yet a new wave of experiments suggests that honeybees can track dot‑and‑dash style light ...

Apiculture—the technical term for beekeeping—is a major industry across the state of North Carolina. Over 80 out of the 100 ...

The hunt for nectar can take honeybees kilometers away from their hive into unknown territory—and yet, they always find their way back. The sun's position in the sky serves as a kind of compass for ...

It was three in the afternoon and over 30 degrees C, yet despite the heat there was not a drop of sweat on my body. The air was so dry that any perspiration was sucked from my pores before I even felt ...

We rely on many bee species. How do we keep them from dying out? Honeybees, crucial for pollinating many crops, are just one of over 20,000 bee species worldwide. Many wild bee species are in decline, ...

Insects rarely survive in fossilized form, but a strange series of events somehow killed and preserved these brooding bees for millenniums. By Sarah Derouin A research team was combing the coastline ...

Charlie heads home to Massachusetts, meets new beekeepers, and questions his future in Texas. In the season finale, Charlie returns to his childhood stomping grounds in Berkshire County, MA. He meets ...

When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the ...