Twerking Bees? Video Shows How These Social Insects 'Waggle Dance,' Proving Their Skill in Passing Down Information

Medicine & Technology Mar 09, 2023

Social learning plays a role in how bees learn their unique waggle dance for communication. Read on to know more information.

US Certifies First Bee Vaccine to Combat Honeybee Disease ‘American Foulbrood’

Jan 10, 2023

The USDA has approved the first bee vaccine to help deal with the deadly circulating disease among honeybees. Read to know more.

How Long Do Bees Live? Study Shows That a Honey Bee’s Life Expectancy Dropped by Half Since the 1970s

Nov 26, 2022

Recent research shows that a honey bee's life span is 50% shorter than it was 5 decades ago. Read to know more.

Fatal Lung Infection Can Be Cured With A Spoonful of Honey? Here's What Science Says

Sep 09, 2022

Honey can be a medical treatment is treating severe respiratory disease. Read here to know more.

The ‘Waggle Dance’: Bees Do the Moves to Help Robots Communicate, Complete Complicated Tasks

Jul 07, 2022

Honeybees take non-verbal communication to an entirely new level as they do the waggle dance to help robots communicate and perform tasks. Read to know more.

Male Honeybees Experience Extreme Death Due To Heat Stress, Abdomen Bursts After Drones Spontaneously Ejaculate In Their Last Breath

Feb 24, 2022

Male worker bees die from shock due to excessive temperature. However, the manner of their death is pretty extreme. Check out how they ejaculate to death.

Honeybees Practice Social Distancing to Avoid Spread of Viruses, Like Humans!

Feb 22, 2022

Honeybees are like humans. These insects know exactly how to strategize in order to prevent the spread of the virus among the other bees within their colony. Read on and find out!

Honeybees Invade a Florida Home: Shower Wall Becomes These 80,000 Insects’ Habitat

Dec 16, 2021

A professional beekeeper recently got astounded after she found out that thousands of honeybees had invaded a couple's shower wall.

Beehives with Bees Recovered Alive 50 Days After Being Buried in Las Palma Volcanic Eruptions

Nov 25, 2021

The September volcanic eruptions on Las Palma in the Canary buried beehives and rescuers were recently reported to have rescued about five of these apiaries including their so-called "buzzing residents."

Bees: What Do We Really Know?

Jan 25, 2021

There are many misconceptions regarding bees, and as much as some may fear them, bees are key to the flourishment of flowers and fruits.

Surprising Similarity Between Honey Bee and Human Interaction Unveiled

Dec 01, 2020

A model validated in experiments specifies that there are distinct differences between honey bees, "just as there are between human beings."

Unlike Honeybees, Solitary Bees are Born with Functional Internal Clock

Nov 17, 2020

Social insects such as hornets and honeybees develop from wasps and solitary bees, respectively.

U.S, Second Lady Pence Installs Beehive in Vice Presidential Residence to Increase Bee Population in D.C.

Jun 08, 2017

Second Lady Karen Pence brings 20,000 bees into her Vice Presidential residence in an effort to save bee population in Washington D.C.

Neonicotinoids Found Harmful To Honeybees

Jan 07, 2016

A nicotine-imitating pesticide used in various crops was found to be harmful to honeybees.

Plans from DC Seek to Help Disappearing Bee Species

May 20, 2015

The Obama administration is hoping to reverse the rapidly declining populations of honeybees and monarch butterflies in the US by providing them with better nourishment. The federal plan will preserve seven million acres of habitat for bees, monarch butterflies and other insects, making the federal land more bee-friendly. The move is intended to bolster the population of pollinators that are essential to America's food crops, support research, and investigate the widespread cutback of pesticide use as part of a wide-ranging strategy.