As heat waves intensify and seasons slip out of their old patterns, the survival of honey bees is becoming a test case for how agriculture adapts to a hotter planet. Researchers are now pushing toward ...

Scientists looking to understand how to communicate with aliens say that honeybees are the key to achieving the right methods ...

But, not so for bumblebees, where the queen is larger but otherwise physically indistinguishable from her workers. In a study ...

The density of fine hairs on bumblebees’ tongues determines how much nectar they can collect — and workers put queen bees to shame.