Of all the unique flying, buzzing specimens out there, bumblebees are one of the most mesmerizing…even when they’re engaging in surprising acts. Bee mating happens out in the open, and a queen’s ...

Honey bees are incredibly social insects. They live together in big groups with other bees in an organized society that ...

The semen of male honey bees contains a poison that makes queens temporarily lose their sight after sex, in what scientists described as a "sexual arms race." In most social insects—the category ...

The success of the “reign” of a honey bee queen appears to be determined to a large degree by the number of times she mates with drone bees. That is what research by scientists in the Department of ...

If you see a bumblebee now, it is most likely a common eastern: While most other species are gone, waiting for spring to reemerge, it forages on.

When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And honey bees have queens, a female who lays essentially all of the eggs for the colony. But most ...

The American Bumble Bee, Bombus pensylvanicus, is one of the most common bumble bee species found on the Front Range and is one of the 24 species found in Colorado 1. This species is found only in the ...

Queen stingless bees face an increased risk of being executed by worker bees if they mate with two males rather than one, according to new research. Queen stingless bees face an increased risk of ...