New research shows that viruses weaken honey bee queens, lowering pheromone signals and energy, causing workers to replace them.

With the warm weather, bees are finally getting the chance to pollinate. This is something farms have been waiting for weeks to do. Beekeepers say those weeks of missed pollination could have some ...

A once-powerful monarch, weakened by illness, is overthrown by her previously loyal subjects. But in honey bee colonies, such ...

Honey bee colonies have a surprising way of ensuring survival. When a queen bee weakens due to virus infection, her pheromone ...

(Beyond Pesticides, April 25, 2025) A novel study in Chemosphere finds impacts on male fertility in a bee species (Osmia bicornis) with exposure to sulfoxaflor, a systemic sulfoximine insecticide with ...

DNA analysis indicates the world's most common bee originated in northern Europe around 780,000 years ago, before spreading into East Africa and Arabia around 120,000 years later. When you purchase ...

(Beyond Pesticides, September 24, 2025) A novel study of chronic toxicity of the neonicotinoid insecticide thiamethoxam to honey bees (Apis mellifera), published in Insects, finds sublethal effects ...

Honey bee pollination is critical for food production, according to the USDA. Honey bee colonies across the United States are facing record-breaking losses in 2025, with scientists warning the impact ...