Stingless bee colonies are often small, but some are as large as the biggest honey bee hives. These bees' social structures have two more things in common besides the egg-laying queen: the female ...

Typically, foragers continue to search around for some last drops of nectar before winter, but if a ravenous colony is desperate enough, it may resolve to a more dire tactic—to storm a foreign beehive ...

A colony of bees has created an intricate nest inside an irrigation box, surrounded by lush greenery and citrus trees. Bees nesting inside ...

Almost as soon as the honeybee colony was installed ... Tautz likens the structure to a sleeping bag, but one in which the fabric’s weave—made of interlocked bees—can be loosened or ...

Similar to the familiar European honeybee, stingless bees form colonies consisting of one queen tended by multiple foraging workers that make and store honey from the nectar that they gather.

Bees do not create honey; they are actually improving upon a plant product, nectar. The honey we eat is nectar that bees have repeatedly regurgitated and dehydrated. The average American consumes ...

Ready to discover the fascinating world of bees and become a confident beekeeper? Join Darke County Parks for an immersive ...