Hi Finn, that’s a sweet question! Well, when we talk about “bees”, we’re usually referring to the European honey bee (its scientific name is Apis Mellifera). Humans have been drooling over its honey ...

As a science cat, I don’t stir honey into my tea or drizzle it on my biscuits. I don’t have taste receptors for sweet things. Honey doesn’t have a taste to me. But my human friends gobble up the honey ...

Have you ever wondered how bees manage to turn nectar into that golden, sticky sweetness we all love? It’s a fascinating process that blends nature’s engineering with the bees' hard work, and it’s ...

Honey bees have to balance effort, risk and reward, making rapid and accurate assessments of which flowers are mostly likely to offer food for their hive. Research published in the journal eLife today ...