Once the temps drop and snowflakes begin to fall, it’s easy to assume that insects have simply disappeared. And while many do ...

MIT scientists are designing robotic insects that could one day swarm out of mechanical hives and perform pollination at a rapid pace — ensuring fruits and vegetables are grown at an unprecedented ...

Whatever they are doing, bees take their jobs seriously, be it pollinating plants or nursing their young. They protect their ...

One study, conducted by a team in Europe, showed that bees prefer to order lower numbers on the left and higher numbers on ...

New insights into bee movements and life cycles have been uncovered after researchers tracked the insects using tiny QR codes ...

“We targeted young bees so we could track their age more accurately, especially when they start to fly and when they stop,” said Robyn Underwood of Penn State, who also participated in the stud ...

Scientists have used tracking devices to start solving the mystery of how far bees travel from the hive in search of pollen.

Researchers have attached tiny QR codes to hundreds of honey bees in an effort to track the insects' foraging habits.