The queen bee might live for a few years, much longer than female worker bees and drones. Other animals also live in social groups with a division of labor between those who reproduce and those ...

While honey producers and beekeepers have ways to treat varroa-infested hives, the bees themselves also have a few tricks up their sleeve.

Females must fight or sneak into a colony of western bumblebees and kill or subdue the host colony’s queen. The cuckoo queen bee then lays her own eggs and gains control of the host colony’s worker ...

Females must fight or sneak into a colony of western bumblebees and kill or subdue the host colony’s queen. The cuckoo queen bee then lays her own eggs and gains control of the host colony’s worker ...

Were a bee to enter a cinema ... queen bees are slightly larger than worker bees. Being the Queen During the mating flight several drones will deposit upwards of 90 million sperm in the queen's ...

Bees have two large compound eyes on the sides of their head and three small simple eyes on top of their head. This helps them see in different directions and detect light changes quickly. Bees flap ...

A Tasmanian ban on the importation of queen bees from interstate will see local beekeepers increasingly turn to artificial insemination to ensure healthy bee populations. Tasmania's largest ...

One out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators such as bees. Crops that depend on pollination are five times more valuable ... If you find a bumblebee which appears to be ...

John Bachmann is busier than a bee managing the university’s beehives. Officially PNW’s Grounds and Landscape manager, ...