When the temperatures outside dipped, the honeybees grabbed hold of each other’s legs to form a living quilt along the ...

New technology is being used to save one of Scotland’s best loved and most important creatures. Just last week the wild honey bee was classified as endangered for the first time. Now a Scots charity ...

Honey bees may play a role in increasing virus levels in wild bumble bees each spring, according to researchers who analyzed seasonal trends of parasite and virus transmission in bees. Honey bees may ...

A decade-long study recently published in the journal Northeastern Naturalist found that 352 wild bee species call Vermont ...

It might be hard to think of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) as a forest creature. Most of us picture honey bees in the context of hives in wooden boxes, managed by beekeepers in heavy white jumpsuits.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — This year’s cold and flu season is bringing good news for honey bees: Penn State researchers have found that the deadly deformed wing virus (DMV) may have evolved to be less ...

A new study published in PeerJ Life & Environment has provided insights into how western honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in urban areas may represent a new threat to wild bee communities. On the Island ...

(Beyond Pesticides, May 14, 2021) In a prime example of cart-before-the-horse, greenwashing, or perhaps “beewashing,” a British company has badly missed the mark in its latest attempt to market a ...

As Australian Pollinator Week (8–16 November) gets underway, new research has found that many Australians have poor awareness ...

Recent calls to the Purdue Extension office have prompted me to re-visit a topic I have written about before: bees or wasps that form an elaborate nest and function as a colony. We call them “social” ...

There are over 4,000 different species of Native American bees. Imagine a world without apples, grapes, peaches, plums, watermelon, avocados, carrots, broccoli ...

A once-powerful monarch, weakened by illness, is overthrown by her previously loyal subjects. But in honey bee colonies, such high-stakes coups aren't just fantasy—they're a common occurrence that ...