For decades, scientists thought royal jelly was the secret ingredient that turned an ordinary honeybee larva into a queen.

Don't panic—these important pollinators aren't aggressive.

Honey bees infected with a gut parasite smell different, which could allow bee colonies to detect disease and influence ...

It’s easy for us to tell if someone is enjoying their meal or not. They lick their lips if they like it, grimace if they don’t. Our new research, published today in Proceedings of the National Academy ...

If you kneel in a patch of early summer tundra and listen closely, you may hear a faint, steady buzz rising from the mosses ...

When we think of bees, we often think of flowers. The more flowers the better, right? Well, not exactly. Like us, bees need ...

Bee see, bee do. At least that's the conclusion of research published earlier this month, showing that bumblebees learn to solve problems by watching each other. In the first study of its kind in ...

Dozens of dead honeybees on an Oakland front porch this week left neighbors rattled and wondering if the city is facing a ...