Bee brains reveal how colonies divide work without central planning

What determines which tasks bees perform in their colony? Biologists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the ...

Honey bees' sense of smell changes from larval to adult life stages, study finds

Honey bee larvae lack the sophisticated olfactory capabilities of adult honey bees, a new study finds. Scientists point to ...

Can a Bee Bath Become a Mosquito Breeding Spot?

A bee bath can give thirsty bees a welcome pit stop, but a neglected one can also turn into a tiny mosquito nursery. The good ...
The Washington Post

Twenty master gardeners have collected 25,000 bees. Here’s why.

In the last three years, on behalf of the Pennsylvania Bee Monitoring Program, 20 master gardeners from around Pennsylvania have netted and trapped more than 25,000 specimens across 25 counties. They ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In the House of the Bees, Rival Queens Fight to the Death. But See How a Beehive Operates More Like a Democracy

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 ...