The UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) is funding deeper investigations into how queen bees are able to outlive generations of workers. Unlike the honey and bee pollen worker ...

Honeybee colonies in the United States are projected to decline by up to 70% this year, entomologists say. And that could ...

In a bee colony, the queen holds the same rank. She plays the role of a worker bee, mother, and a leader. Without her, ... Queen bees only continue to reproduce after their first brood has matured.

There is no queen bee and there are no worker bees. "All females are queens," says Hunter. Female mason bees lay their eggs in cavities or tubes, and then seal the entrance with mud to protect ...