Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen’s waxy abode within ...

A child’s simple curiosity about why some bees live in different-looking cells has helped crack open a layer of honey bee ...

Feeding them royal jelly may only be part of the picture, a new study found.

Royal cribs and ladies-in-waiting may seem the exclusive preserve of the monarchy. But scientists have found that queen ...

A honeybee crawls into a hexagonal cell of a honeycomb in a hive. A worker bee on honeycomb. The wax used to make queen cells is chemically and architecturally distinct from the wax of worker cells.

Two volunteers place a package of bees in the apiary of the UC Irvine South Coast Research Center. (Photo courtesy of Diana Cervantes) The buzzing starts before the box is opened. In front of me, a ...

There’s more than one way to save honeybees. Raina Jain has come up with two so far — and she’s still in college. While in high school, the Connecticut native became aware of how critters called ...

SNOHOMISH — Scott Douglas, a new beekeeper in Winlock, Washington, wasn’t getting the answers he needed from a local bee supplier. In the market for a 3 pound package of Italian honeybees, he had ...

There’s more than one way to save honeybees. Raina Jain has come up with two so far — and she’s still in college. While in high school, the Connecticut native became aware of how critters called ...