A beehive operates more like a democracy than a monarchy. In fact, US bee researcher Thomas D. Seeley describes a colony’s social structure as a ‘bee democracy’, where many decisions are made ...

A backyard beekeeper with tens of thousands of bees in his outdoor hives wanted a closer look at what was happening inside ...

An Anchorage backyard beekeeper with tens of thousands of bees in his outdoor hives wanted a closer look at what was happening inside the colony — so he brought one indoors.

OR, THE LITTLE OLD SHOE. by Louisa May Alcott HOW IT WAS LOST. Among green New England hills stood an ancient house, many-gabled, mossy-roofed, and quaintly b ...

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

Against the backdrop of the worst recorded US honeybee colony loss in modern history — more than half of all managed colonies destroyed in a single year — a new peer-reviewed study has uncovered a ...

Without honeybee queens, there would not be a colony. They are the only bees that lay thousands of eggs daily to support the colony’s growth. So why would honeybee queens pass pesticides into their ...

Fifty years after the release of their eponymous debut album, Queen retains a space near the epicenter of pop culture. It’s not just that guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor are preparing to ...

After the news broke Sept. 8 about the queen's death, social media erupted with baseless rumors — some wacky enough to make us do a double-take. Here are five we've debunked so far. Queen Elizabeth II ...