Scientists uncover how a single gene drives honey bee cooperation, revealing the genetic basis behind hive behavior and social unity.

Researchers investigate how the complex, cooperative behavior of honey bees (Apis mellifera) is genetically programmed so that it can be passed on to subsequent generations. They found an answer in ...

An international group of researchers, led by the Smith Bee Lab at Auburn University, have now shown that honey bees ...

Lesley Deem, left, works with local beekeeper Nathan Beach to stabilize an indoor bee colony at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...

Beekeepers say it can be especially challenging to raise honeybees in the Midwest. Parasites, pesticides and extreme weather ...

This remarkable internal organization means that what bees store on one side of a honeycomb is replicated on the opposite side.

The complex, cooperative behavior of honeybees is genetically programmed by the doublesex gene so that it can be passed to ...

Researchers discovered that bumblebee queens prefer hibernating in pesticide-contaminated soil, a surprising behavior that could endanger their colonies. This preference, shown in controlled ...

Parasites, pesticides and extreme weather like drought are contributing to colony loss ... said Randall Cass, the bee extension specialist at Iowa State University. “We tend to lose our colonies ...

Mirroring the mechanisms that make human faces and bodies—and those of many multicellular organisms—symmetrical, bee colonies ...

Human societies have long depended on the division of labor to thrive—walk into any town, and you can probably find bakers ...

Every spring, Canadian beekeepers deal with the same unpleasant problem.
A percentage of their hives fail to survive the ...