Honeybees are among the widely studied insects, due to their sophisticated, hierarchical social organization and their ...

Barkanov thinks that one reason, besides the warm winter and spring, could be that the bees didn’t swarm enough last season.

When Kendal Sager lifts the top of her beehive, tens of thousands of bees waggle across the honeycomb — their cells filled with bright yellow, orange and pink pollen collected from flowers in Sager's ...

The soft ground of the dead in upstate New York is buzzing with swarms of the living—the largest group of ground-nesting bees ever recorded worldwide. “It’s a massive aggregation of bee nests,” says ...

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AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Ground nesting bees account for most of North Carolina’s roughly 560 native bee species. The insects usually emerge in the spring and ...

When the weather gets muggy, iridescent bees shift their metallic hue. The insects are a rich blue-green when ambient humidity is low. But as the amount of moisture in the air increases, the bees turn ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists at Cornell University ...

Bees are reportedly swarming a Tennessee interstate after a truck transporting one million bees overturned and shut part of the highway down. People were being asked to avoid the area of Interstate 40 ...

Krystle Hickman was photographing honeybees at Sepulveda Wildlife Basin when she noticed an unusual insect on a mustard plant. She knew it was a bee, but the species was a mystery to her. The same ...

North America's bee populations are in trouble, but don't blame the honey bees. While some people argue that an overabundance of managed honey bees – those raised to help pollinate crops and produce ...