A study published in Frontiers in Bee Science has shown that physical distance plays a leading role in protecting bumblebees against a flying insect parasite, the bumblebee wax moth Aphomia sociella.

While testing how well commercial bumblebees pollinate early spring crops, researchers made a surprising discovery: dead wild bumblebee queens in the hives, an average of 10 per nest box. While ...

Bumblebees are on the decline. This isn't exactly a revelation, and without bees to help pollinate plants, the world will suffer. Now, though, researchers say they've found a major new factor in the ...

Beehives in cartoons are bright yellow, cute, and dripping honey. But they aren’t as cute in real life and may be dangerous. A beehive isn’t only a big hairstyle. A beehive, or bee nest, is a ...

Did you know the WRAL News studio has four hives of bees living on top of our roof? Part of the Capitol Broadcasting family for the past eight years, the bees are taking a temporary vacation to our ...