Whatever they are doing, bees take their jobs seriously, be it pollinating plants or nursing their young. They protect their homes, too, with dramatic tactics like producing shimmering waves to stave ...

During spring, when queen bumblebees first emerge from hibernation to start their nests, they work incredibly hard foraging ...

Nature’s most dazzling colors can be strangely rare. Walk through a park or forest and you see greens, yellows and reds that ...

Cape honeybees can requeen themselves, map landscapes and make collective decisions. Their intelligence offers lessons for ...

We’re currently dealing with winter conditions, but to warm us up, I thought I’d cover something we observe, but may not fully understand, in spring, summer, and fall: why do bees visit flowers? Much ...

As a science cat, I don’t stir honey into my tea or drizzle it on my biscuits. I don’t have taste receptors for sweet things. Honey doesn’t have a taste to me. But my human friends gobble up the honey ...

Did you notice a few unwelcome guests trying to steal a sip from your soda can at your Labor Day picnics last weekend? In late August/early September, bees and wasps are highly visible, more ...

Gone from Norway? The Tormentil Mining Bee (Halictus eurygnathus). Insect expert Frode Ødegaard is worried about bees, but not in the way you might think. He is not worried about honeybees dying out. ...