A recent study shows that viruses in wild bees are closely linked to the flowers they visit and the availability of floral ...

Queen bumblebees have sparser hair on their tongues than worker bees, which makes them less efficient at lapping up nectar, ...

Stingless bees are so ancient that they shared the planet with the dinosaurs. For the past 80 million years, stingless bees ...

Two local ordinances granted rights to at least 175 stingless bee species in Peru, which are culturally and spiritually ...

Mice love to take shelter inside beehives. It’s a perfect spot for a mouse; warm and cozy with plenty of honey to eat.

Honey bees can normally keep their hives perfectly climate-controlled, but extreme heat can overwhelm their defenses. During ...

Although honey bees have the ability to regulate hive temperatures, new research published in Ecological and Evolutionary ...

The density of fine hairs on bumblebees’ tongues determines how much nectar they can collect — and workers put queen bees to shame.

During spring, when queen bumblebees first emerge from hibernation to start their nests, they work incredibly hard foraging ...

Bees are perhaps Earth’s most essential pollinators. While hopping from flower to flower, these golden-hued insects don’t just suck sweet nectar but also transfer pollen among the plants — a crucial ...

A honey bee forages on a lemonade berry sumac shrub. (Getty Images) The extreme weather that has battered much of the U.S. in 2022 doesn’t just affect humans. Heat waves, wildfires, droughts and ...