If you picture a bee, you probably imagine yellow and brown stripes without thinking twice. The northern blue-banded bee breaks that expectation the moment you notice it.

Like other insects, individual bees survive our harsh winters in diapause, overwintering in different stages of their life cycle: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Those individuals survive safe from the ...

New Zealand now has a genuine chance to stamp out one of the most damaging invasive insects to reach our shores: the Asian ...

Come along on a guided tour of the strangest animals in Cincinnati's strangest neighborhood, from fungus-eating ants to a ...

It’s not just the delicately balanced cycle of the seasons that’s being disrupted, but also our understanding of that cycle ...

Future advances in honey bee research at NC State is made possible by support of the NC State Beekeepers Association (NCSBA).

From powerful birds of prey to tiny songbirds, and blind snakes to miniscule flies, an impressive range of species have ...

In this video, Bee expert Peter and I inspect our new bee hive for the second time since getting them and we catch the queen ...

During spring, when queen bumblebees first emerge from hibernation to start their nests, they work incredibly hard foraging for nectar to fuel their new colonies. But then, as soon as their first ...

Scientists have learned more about why royal jelly makes queen bees, and we peek at the tiny and terrifying mandibles of trap ...

Termites did not evolve complex societies by adding new genetic features. Instead, scientists found that they became more ...

Over 17 years after the release of their 2008 film The Secret Life of Bees, Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah joined forces once again to present the awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a ...