As domestic honey production falls, the U.S. is relying more heavily on imported honey while beekeepers struggle to replace ...

As pollinators of flowers, trees and more than 50 crops, whereby they add an estimated $34 billion per year to the U.S. economy, honey bees offer value both ecological and economic—even before ...

Worker bees are the first line of defense when it comes to removing contamination in honeybee colonies, but a queen has her ...

"You can think of it as something like Buckingham Palace." ...

Bee colonies across the country died at alarming rates last year although the Alabama pollinators fared slightly better, according to an annual survey. The survey is conducted by Auburn University, in ...

In honey bees, the role a bee plays in the colony changes as they age. Younger bees perform duties inside the hive, such as nursing and wax building, while older bees transition to roles outside of ...

For decades, scientists thought royal jelly was the secret ingredient that turned an ordinary honeybee larva into a queen.

Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results.

Scientists have long believed the key to making a young honeybee into a queen was to feed her royal jelly. Royal jelly is a ...

correctionAn earlier version of this article quoted Thomas D. Seeley as saying that many honeybees commercially available for purchase by hobbyists are subpar. He was referring specifically to the ...