For decades, scientists thought royal jelly was the secret ingredient that turned an ordinary honeybee larva into a queen. New research reveals the process is far more remarkable: young worker bees ...

During spring, when queen bumblebees first emerge from hibernation to start their nests, they work incredibly hard foraging for nectar to fuel their new colonies. But then, as soon as their first ...

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 ...

CU Boulder researcher Samuel Ramsey served as science advisor and a producer, alongside executive producer James Cameron, for Secrets of the Bees, premiering this week on National Geographic, Disney+ ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen's waxy abode within the hive. Worker bees perform a myriad of jobs to keep up the ...

A child’s simple curiosity about why some bees live in different-looking cells has helped crack open a layer of honey bee biology that scientists had overlooked for decades. Researchers at the ...