Every spring, a honey bee queen may abandon her hive, taking thousands of workers with her in a swirling cloud. Behind her, a ...

Viewing honey bee colonies as superorganisms could reshape modern beekeeping, raising important questions about parasite ...

Honeybees are aggressively pushing wild pollinators away from flowers, with scientists documenting how they chase off rivals ...

Following a queen rather than a hive changes how a review interprets honey bee reproduction, colony lifetimes and parental ...

Healthy honey bee colonies are remarkably good at keeping harmful microbes under control. A new study shows how they do it.

Scientists recorded for the first time the extent to which honeybees restrict access to food sources and attack other species ...

Nearly four out of every ten honey bee colonies kept in America died last year, and the little backyard hives fared worse ...

Stewart and Lynda Resnick’s Wonderful Co. is among a handful of honey bee farms responsible for the pollination of a third of Americans’ food. But the real buzz is how they rent them out. Thousands of ...

Australian scientists have used high-speed video to uncover the unique mechanism that allows a honey bee's stinger to ...