Non-native, feral honeybees are crowding out native bee species in southern California — and it could have knock-on effects ...

Africanized honeybees are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading north, attacking people, livestock and pets along ...

One-on-one, a western honeybee is no match for a European hornet. Up to an inch and a half long, the hornet is equipped with powerful mandibles capable of shearing smaller insects to pieces.

More information: Dean A. McKeown et al, Distinct virome compositions and lack of viral diversification indicate that viral spillover is a dead-end between the western honey bee and the common ...

The study focused on three common honeybee viruses: deformed wing virus, black queen cell virus, and sacbrood virus. These pathogens primarily affect the Western honeybee, the most widespread bee ...

Are Africanized bees in Mississippi? A state expert says reported colonies have all been eradicated. What to know about where they are, what to do ...

For honeybee stings, that's calculated at about nine stings per pound of weight. So someone weighing 150 pounds might die if they were stung 1,350 times. That's unlikely with Western honeybees ...