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 ...

Scientists in Korea have proposed to use an algorithm that simulates the behavior of foraging bees to shape a new grid-forming inverter design. The approach is designed for both grid-connected and ...

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

A honey bee perches on a flower (photo by CAHNRs). Commercial honey bee colony losses in the U.S. could reach 60 to 70% in 2025, according to entomologists at Washington State University. Over the ...

A new study argues that a honey bee queen and her colony constitute a single superorganism whose natural life cycle conflicts ...

Washington State University researchers and students collect samples and perform honey bee colony health assessments in orchards near Modesto, CA. Every year more than 2 million honey bee hives from ...

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 ...

A review argues honey bee colonies are mortal superorganisms, changing how swarming, queen replacement, and survival are understood.