Some queens don’t rule nonstop. A new study from the University of California, Riverside shows that even bumble bee queens, the sole founders of their colonies, take regular breaks from ...

In chess, the queen is the most valuable piece for a player. She’s capable of making any move, which also makes her the most protected after the king. In a bee colony, the queen holds the same rank.

While a beekeeper puffing clouds of carbon dioxide into a hive to calm the insects is a familiar image to many, less is known about its other effects on bees. A recent study revealed clues about how ...

Drought significantly reduces the reproductive success of bumblebee colonies, according to a new study conducted by a research team at the University of Würzburg and published in the Proceedings of ...

A baby bumble bee can end up on one of two very different paths. It can grow into a small worker that never reproduces, or ...

Flowering strip plants like sunflowers can help increase bee reproduction, according to a new study. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

Bumblebee colonies represent a highly plastic and seasonally driven system in which a single queen initiates a nest, rears successive worker cohorts and ultimately produces sexuals. After emerging ...