(THE CONVERSATION) – The Greek historian Herodotus reported over 2,000 years ago on a misguided forbidden experiment in which two children were prevented from hearing human speech so that a king could ...

Human influences have the potential to reduce the effectivity of communication in bees, adding further stress to struggling colonies, according to new analysis. Scientists at the University of Bristol ...

Scientists with Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and Arizona State University recorded, for the first time in honey bees, the dynamics of neurotransmitters as the bees ...

They may have tiny brains, but bumblebees are capable of some remarkable learning feats, especially when they might get a tasty reward, according to two studies by University of Guelph researchers.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A honeybee is performing the waggle dance in the center of this photo to communicate the location of a rich nectar source to its ...