Honey bees are truly impressive insects, playing a major role in sustaining ecosystems. These remarkable insects build perfectly structured honeycombs. Honey bees are ectothermic and must regulate the ...

New research finds that higher temperatures can actually benefit some bumble bee species—particularly those that make subterranean nests. However, periods of extreme heat appear to offset those ...

Honey bees may play a role in increasing virus levels in wild bumble bees each spring, according to researchers at Penn State who analyzed seasonal trends of parasite and virus transmission in bees.

While I was stalking Western meadowlarks with my camera, a smaller flash of flying black and yellow caught my interest. I don’t see bumblebees often, and this one was not stopping at flowers but it ...

Master beekeeper and founder of New York's first honey and bee shop Nick Hoefly explains why honeybees are important to our ecosystem.

I can’t even begin to say how cool our Sonoma County bees are. Here are five things you may not know about our apiarian friends: Bees have two pairs of wings, which hook together to form a larger pair ...