Honey bees are incredibly efficient, often building their intricate hives in the most unexpected and hidden locations, far from human view. These massive colonies can thrive unnoticed within the ...

Honey bees are able to carefully manage the temperature inside their hives, but new research shows that extreme summer heat ...

From left, Francisco López Jiménez, Orit Peleg and graduate student Richard Terrile inspect the honeycomb in a bee hive. On a hot summer day in Colorado, European honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) buzz ...

There’s more than one way to build a honeybee hive, depending on the needs of the bees, according to a study published August 26 th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Golnar Gharooni-Fard of ...

"Generally, you want bees who are adapted to your local climate, and our bees were adapted for Southern California," Rob says. But those that did survive clearly "had some advantage" genetically that ...

On and around some of New York City’s most iconic buildings, beehives are buzzing. On and around some of New York City’s most iconic buildings, beehives are buzzing. Credit...Graham Dickie/The New ...

Although honey bees have the ability to regulate hive temperatures, new research published in Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology shows that extreme summer heat can overwhelm these critical ...

John Pledger, a beekeeper from Asheboro who runs a beekeeping supply company, is building and donating hives to people in Western North Carolina who lost their hives to Helene’s flooding. Courtesy ...

California-based Beewise invented the BeeHome, a robotic, AI-directed beehive that growers can rent. Cameras connect with AI software that monitors each individual bee and identifies its needs. 40% of ...

Over a decade ago, Lauren Donaldson found a honey bee hive under her North Charleston home. The self-described “nature girl” didn’t want to harm the bees, so she called a local beekeeper to safely ...

Honey bees are highly social creatures that live in large family groups. Each group or colony is well-organized, with three types of adult bees: a queen, worker bees, and drones. Worker bees are all ...