A colony of honey bees spotted by a photographer at Chatfield is creating a bit of buzz. They're nesting on an open branch at the state park, something that is unusual according to Mario Padilla an ...

Researchers from the Department of Biological Sciences at Auburn University have discovered that honey bee colonies have surprising abilities to adapt and maintain their nest structure, even in the ...

Bumble bees respond to physical disturbance of their nest with a sequence of defensive behaviors that lasts up to 10 minutes, ...

Although bees can be helpful for gardens, if they nest and reproduce too close to your house, they can definitely pose a problem as the humans and pets in your home are at risk of getting stung.

Researchers map the organized stages of bumblebee defense, from the first wing buzz to the final calming signals that reset ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -While honey bees nest in trees and bumble bees nest in the ground, carpenter bees nest in wood. Most carpenter bees spend their time around dead wood. They get their name from ...

Bees and flowers have long been intertwined by pollination, as bees aid flowers in the task of sexual reproduction. But a very special group of bees in Turkey take their work home with them, making ...

Orchard growers looking for alternatives to honey bees for managed pollination services have new reason to be optimistic about the potential of one honey bee cousin, the blue orchard bee. A recent ...

Megachile rotunda Graham Wise via Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0 Megachile bees, or leaf cutting bees, are solitary creatures with distinct nesting habits. In contrast to honey bees, which congregate in ...

Africanized honey bees, better known as killer bees, aren’t your garden-variety buzzers. They play a crucial role as pollinators in Arizona’s ecosystem, but these bees have a serious side: their ...

Honey bees are under extreme pressure. Beekeepers in the US have been losing and then replacing an average of 40% of their honey bee colonies every year since 2010, a rate that is probably ...