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

Scientists say chemical signals help determine whether offspring remain and work for the queen or leave to establish nests of ...

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

Female sweat bees need to make a pivotal life decision: remain in the nest to help their mother raise more offspring or leave to establish nests of their own. New research from the Smithsonian ...

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 ...

This video investigates the biological process that transforms an ordinary larva into a queen bee. It explains how specialized feeding with royal jelly alters development, triggering profound physical ...

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 ...

Royal jelly is only part of what makes a queen honeybee. Scientists found that worker bees build specialized “royal cribs” and work together to create the ideal environment for raising the colony’s ...

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 ...

With a powerhouse cast, I thoroughly enjoyed this film. It fills all the criteria for a light romantic comedy. It's a heartwarming ride. Favourite leads Ellen Burstyn, Ann Margaret, Jane Curtin, James ...