A team of scientists from Oregon State University and the University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, has learned that blue fluorescent light in the 430- to 480-nm...
The honeybee (Apis mellifera) has joined the ranks of dolphins, parrots, and primates, in demonstrating the ability to understand the concept of zero numerosity....
Bigger honeybee colonies actually have quieter combs than smaller ones, according to a team of researchers at Cornell University, Ithaca.
Larger honeybee...
Honeybees (Apis mellifera) have individually distinct biases in ‘left- and right-handedness’ when flying through obstacles, according to new research...
A new study by researchers at the University of Adelaide and Lund University that appears online today in the journal Scientific Reports suggests that...
According to a large multinational team of scientists led by University of New England researcher Dr Romina Rader, non-bee insects – flies, beetles,...
Bee products were exploited continuously at least from the seventh millennium BC, according to a multinational team of scientists led by University of...
According to a new paper in the journal Current Biology, honeybees may select caffeinated nectar over an uncaffeinated but otherwise equal-quality alternative....
Genetic researchers have sequenced and analyzed the complete genomes of two key bumblebee species – the European buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)...
A new study published in the journal Nature has found that honeybees (Apis mellifera) and buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) could not taste imidacloprid,...
A new study conducted by genetic researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign suggests that the regulatory gene Egr, known to be involved...
A team of researchers from the Queen Mary University of London, UK, has discovered that bumblebees can use cues from their rivals the honeybees to learn...
