Recently, students from University of South Florida's Patel School of Global Sustainability asked me what natural system could they examine and readily learn from. I replied, the honeybee hive. Around ...

The honeybee, with its black and yellow coat, exemplifies pollinator prowess. Apis mellifera, or honeybees, are extraordinary insects that pollinate about 15 billion worth of food crops each year ...

Honey bees are highly social creatures that live in large family groups. Each group or colony is well-organized, with three types of adult bees: a queen, worker bees, and drones. Worker bees are all ...

Although honeybees are declining in number, Roe is less concerned about them because humans can raise them and bolster their numbers. She is more worried about the diminishing numbers of some wild bee ...

Monitoring honey bee hives by hand is passé. The buzz these days is about high-tech sensors inside hives. They help commercial beekeepers keep colonies healthy and allow bees to keep doing their jobs ...

Big airports give bees lots of open space to cross while searching for new homes. When a swarm needs a quick rest, they may ...

Scientists are working to understand a baffling but vitally important puzzle: What is causing the decline of honeybees? A new mathematical model demonstrates vulnerability of hives with too few bees.