A recent study shows that viruses in wild bees are closely linked to the flowers they visit and the availability of floral ...

Queen bumblebees have sparser hair on their tongues than worker bees, which makes them less efficient at lapping up nectar, ...

Stingless bees are so ancient that they shared the planet with the dinosaurs. For the past 80 million years, stingless bees ...

Two local ordinances granted rights to at least 175 stingless bee species in Peru, which are culturally and spiritually ...

Honey bees can normally keep their hives perfectly climate-controlled, but extreme heat can overwhelm their defenses. During ...

Mice love to take shelter inside beehives. It’s a perfect spot for a mouse; warm and cozy with plenty of honey to eat.

During spring, when queen bumblebees first emerge from hibernation to start their nests, they work incredibly hard foraging ...

Although honey bees have the ability to regulate hive temperatures, new research published in Ecological and Evolutionary ...

The density of fine hairs on bumblebees’ tongues determines how much nectar they can collect — and workers put queen bees to shame.

Scientists are studying bees’ surprising maths skills to explore whether numbers could be a universal language for ...

Portland-born Caitlin Gaul and Amanda Simard first opened Birds & Bees Nursery back in 2012 — turning a high school ...