There are hardly any flowering plants left, and food for honey bees is becoming scarce. Researchers at the Biocenter have investigated how bees cope with this situation.

Honey bees are incredibly social insects. They live together in big groups with other bees in an organized society that scientists call eusocial, which means every bee has a job to do. This could be ...

Honey is the sweet, sticky, delicious condiment that’s loved across the world. In 2021, the global honey industry was valued at approximately $8 billion, per Statista. Bees work overtime to produce ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - As flowers begin to bloom and the weather warms, honey bee colonies are breaking off and searching for new places to colonize. Swarm season lasts through June and means honey ...

The bee is one of nature’s most prolific pollinators. There are over 20,000 bee species, most of which spread pollen between flowers. Bees can be divided into groups based on their social behavior.

Check out this happy bee feeding on nectar and covered in pollen, then read about why pollen is so vital for bees and plants.

A dozen fifth-graders peer at a blown-up microscope image of a Varroa mite. “It’s not a pretty thing,” master beekeeper Carmen Weiland tells them. The mite has a bulbous body, eight segmented legs ...