Bees make honey as a long-lasting food source to survive periods when flowers do not bloom. Contrary to popular belief, honey is not bee vomit. Nectar is stored in a dedicated 'honey stomach', which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black‑tailed bumblebee (Bombus melanopygus) resting on a garden board in the Huling yard in Soldotna. This early‑season species is ...

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When you look up at a clear summer sky, it might seem empty. In reality, it is a bustling, invisible highway. Every day, trillions of insects commute, hunt, and mate far above our heads. We often miss ...

The devil is in the tiny details. A team of scientists discovered a new bee species they affectionately nicknamed “Lucifer” after noticing that its female cohort sports a set of devil-like horns. Kit ...

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Montana State University-led research finds that bees with deformed wing virus flew shorter distances, whereas bees with sacbrood virus flew greater distances at higher speeds. Most honey ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Biologists have tagged hundreds of bees with QR codes so they can track ...

More than 20 years ago, Austrian-born Dr. Karl von Frisch discovered that bees communicate by dancing on the honeycomb. Last week his pupil, Dr. Wolfgang Steche, 38, of Bonn’s Institute for Bee ...

Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a study led by researchers at Penn State suggests that, under certain conditions, the ...