As a child, I regarded bees as a threat, fearing their stings. As an adult gardener, I’ve moved on to value and admire bees because of the role they play as pollinators, both of food crops and of ...

The taller cone shape (top) exhibits more shearing stress when shaken than the flatter shape (bottom). Nature/ Peleg et al To conduct this study, the researchers devised something like a honeybee ...

As she runs for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, Democratic state Sen. Mallory McMorrow is buzzing around a state known for making cars with an unique pitch: keep bees instead.

The oval-shaped brain of a honeybee is roughly the size of a single sesame seed. It contains fewer than 1 million neurons, while the human brain contains 100 billion. A team of entomologists is asking ...

A master beekeeper in Alberta is putting an insulated hive to the test he says could help a struggling Canadian ...

Marcellis Counts is working to reclaim a vacant lot he leases from the City of Newark for $1 a year for beekpeeing.