Size, it turns out, is not everything when it comes to insect vision. According to a new paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy...
In a new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) exposed to a brood-killing fungus shifted...
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new fossil honeybee species that fills a long-standing gap in the evolutionary record of the genus Apis.
Apis...
Slow-motion video reveals that buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) respond to sweet and bitter tastes with distinct, context-dependent behaviors...
A new analysis of honeybee vision suggests their ability to distinguish quantities is not a trick of visual patterns, but evidence of genuine numerical...
Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are important ecological and agricultural pollinators. In the United States, beekeepers experience substantial annual colony...
Bees are well known for their species and remarkable behavioral diversity, ranging from solitary species that nest in burrows to social species that construct...
The newly-discovered bee species belongs to the genus Megachile and is a visitor to a critically endangered flowering plant species called Marianthus aquilonaris.
The...
Honey from Australian stingless bees, commonly referred to as sugarbag bees, has historically served as a food source. It is also a traditional remedy...
Flower visitors, including pollinators, produce characteristic sounds through flapping wing movements during flight. These sounds may provide key information...
The newly-discovered species belong to the rare bee subgenus Austrochile (genus Megachile). They construct brood cells from resin that are stuck individually...
Biologists at the University of Exeter have conducted the first large-scale study of the diet of the Asian hornet (Vespa velutina), utilizing deep sequencing...
Paleontologists have described a new species of the extant bee genus Leioproctus from a fossil specimen found in southern New Zealand.
Leioproctus barrydonovani,...
Culture refers to behaviors that are socially learned and persist within a population over time. Increasing evidence suggests that animal culture can,...
A new camera system and associated software package allows scientists to produce videos that accurately replicate the colors that different animals see...
Greater honeyguides (Indicator indicator), a species of African bird, are well known to guide other species to beehives. They have even been known to work...
Scientists from the University of Exeter have investigated the effects of invasive Asian hornets (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) — which are considered...
Cellophane bees of the genus Ptiloglossa culture multiple species and strains of Apilactobacillus bacteria (family Lactobacillaceae), which circulate among...
The 100-million-year extensive fossil record of bee brood nests and cells in sedimentary deposits, or paleosols, is usually devoid of the presence of their...
Bees are the most significant pollinators of flowering plants. This partnership began approximately 120 million years ago, but the uncertainty of how and...
