Chemical signals help determine whether daughters remain and work for the queen or leave to establish nests of their own ...

Queen pheromones in Megalopta bees tell daughters when it's worth sacrificing their fertility to help their mom ...

Biologists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute investigated a flexible social bee species, which helps shed light ...

National Geographic has documentary fans – and I'm among them – buzzing with curiosity. Because "Secrets of the Bees," one of the finest nature documentaries I've ever seen, now is available on ...