CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Even as larvae, honey bees are tuned in to the social culture of the hive, becoming more or less aggressive depending on who raises them, researchers report in the journal ...

Queen bees emit a pheromone that attracts worker bees — the queen's daughters — to her side. The differentiation of bee larvae into either workers or queens has baffled researchers, and now a team led ...

After a semester in a class, most students gain new knowledge, skills and maybe some new friends. For students in Assistant ...

One expert hopes a coordinated effort among beekeepers will get the situation under control, but a master beekeeper says ...

When I arrive to work at the Nature Center each morning, one of the first things I do is check on the hundreds of other ladies in the building. They are usually already working by the time I get there ...

A team of scientists at Oregon State University has recently received more than $4 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to lead a study to understand a disease threatening honeybees. The ...

The Department of Agriculture has conditionally approved a new vaccine meant to protect honeybees from a bacterial disease that can affect the bee's larvae. There will be a new vaccine on the market, ...

Indiana University researchers identified a microbe that may help protect honey bees against poor nutrition, which can worsen stresses that cause declining populations. The team of researchers ...

A newly developed video technique has allowed scientists to record the complete development of a honey bee in its hive. Researchers discovered that certain pesticides -- neonicotinoids -- changed the ...

Dalan has created the first vaccine for honey bees that will protect against American Foulbrood. The vaccine is approved by the USDA. Female-founded insect biotech company Dalan Animal Health, Inc.