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 ...

The 2008 drama film The Secret Life of Bees is based on Sue Monk Kidd's 2001 novel of the same name. One of the most famous aspects of The Secret Life of Bees is Queen Latifah's widely praised ...

In “Dead Bees Still Sting,” Susan Cormier draws inspiration from the society of her bee colony.

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

Nottingham (UK), Jul 13 (The Conversation) You may be spotting bodies of dead bumblebees lying across pavements near you in ...

I never realized how fuzzy a bumble bee is until I got to hold one between my fingertips. It feels like a furry black and yellow bear, buzzing with its tiny body, wriggling with its legs. The ...

On the front porch of an old Coast Guard station on Appledore Island, seven miles off the southern coast of Maine, Thomas Seeley and I sat next to 6,000 quietly buzzing bees. Seeley wore a giant pair ...

Several genetic variants associated with social behavior in honey bees are located within genes that have previously been linked to social behavior in humans, Ian Traniello at the University of ...