New research reveals how viral infections in queen bees disturb colony stability and pinpoints a specific pheromone that may help preserve unity and productivity within hives. It may sound like the ...

Honey bee colonies are often portrayed as models of stability, yet inside the hive, power can change hands with ruthless efficiency. When workers decide their monarch is no longer fit to lead, they ...

When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And honey bees have queens, a female who lays essentially all of the eggs for the colony. But most ...

That’s a good question, because it’s complicated. A queen bee is a female bee that is the only bee in the hive to lay eggs. She is also the largest bee in the hive. If you think that wasps have queens ...

When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And honey bees have queens, a female who lays essentially all of the eggs for the colony. But most ...

In chess, the queen is the most valuable piece for a player. She’s capable of making any move, which also makes her the most protected after the king. In a bee colony, the queen holds the same rank.

When the results of Canada's national honey bee colony loss survey were published in July 2025, they came as no surprise. According to the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists, an ...

A honeybee visiting wildflowers. UC Davis biologist Felicity Muth is studying how bees understand their world, making decisions about which flowers to visit and how often. (Thomas J. Ushing, UC Davis) ...

Twenty thousand bees to my left and twenty thousand bees to my right. No Freddy Mercury, but two unhappy queens. The sweat from my forehead was dripping in my eyes making it hard to see, and it wasn’t ...

There is a lot of discussion out there about ‘mean girls.’ This focus is indeed warranted, as girls tend to be judged, and judge themselves based on their ability to engage in relationships. We use ...