While studying the pollinator feeding frenzy this time of year, look closely and you might be lucky enough to spot a new bumblebee queen. The new queens (also known as gynes) have emerged from the ...

Worker bees stage coordinated revolts when viral infections weaken their queen and lower her pheromone output. This disruption drives many of the queen failures that beekeepers struggle with today.

Queen bee standing on a supersedure cell (peanut-shaped structure, center). Within the supersedure cell is a new queen bee that the workers have reared as a replacement. It sounds like the plot of a ...