From left, Francisco López Jiménez, Orit Peleg and graduate student Richard Terrile inspect the honeycomb in a bee hive. On a hot summer day in Colorado, European honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) buzz ...

Honeybees are one of the hardest-working creatures on this planet. But there is much more to them than what meets the eye. They are also maestros when it comes to construction and design. They can ...

Honey bees are highly social creatures that live in large family groups. Each group or colony is well-organized, with three types of adult bees: a queen, worker bees, and drones. Worker bees are all ...

There’s more than one way to build a honeybee hive, depending on the needs of the bees, according to a study published August 26 th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Golnar Gharooni-Fard of ...

At first, it might not seem strange to see a few bees near your house. Bees often fly around gardens, balconies, and other open areas looking for flowers. But if you see the same thing happening over ...