Of all the unique flying, buzzing specimens out there, bumblebees are one of the most mesmerizing…even when they’re engaging in surprising acts. Bee mating happens out in the open, and a queen’s ...

Snopes has previously uncovered the costs of mating in the biological world, with some animals essentially spending their whole lives waiting to have sex, and then they die. For female octopuses, ...

A video authentically shows a male drone bee dying after mating with a queen bee. Rating: True (About this rating?) Snopes has previously uncovered the costs of mating in the biological world, with ...

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The success of the “reign” of a honey bee queen appears to be determined to a large degree by the number of times she mates with drone bees. That is what research by scientists in the Department of ...

The mating ritual of the honey bee is a mysterious affair, occurring at dizzying heights in zones identifiable only to a queen and the horde of drones that court her. Now a research team has ...

When I want something sweet, I pull out a jar of honey made by my bee friends at Washington State University. I talked about your question with one of the insect scientists there, Rae Olsson. They ...

May 20 (UPI) --With the help of radar technology, scientists are gaining new insights into the sexual lives of honeybee drones. According to a new study, published Thursday in the journal iScience, ...