For decades, scientists have hotly debated the origin of the western honey bee. Now, new research has discovered these popular honey-producing bees most likely originated in Asia. For decades, ...

One of nature’s most important keystone species is working itself to death. Colonies of honey bees — crucial pollinators for a wide variety of plants and cash crops — are at risk of collapse because ...

Western honey bee on Rocky Mountain beeplant. Scientists researching bees have been sounding the alarm about how climate change is negatively affecting the pollinators that make our beloved honey ...

The next time you come across a big bumble bee you might want to give them space to do their pollinating thing. Turns out they’ve got a tough time of it already, thanks to the non-native western honey ...

Honey bees aren’t the only pollinators—and most bees don’t sting! Learn the truth behind five common myths in honor of ...

Honey bees (Apis mellifera) exhibit remarkable genetic diversity shaped by millennia of natural selection, migratory events and human‐mediated management. This diversity underpins their adaptability ...

The findings will be used to help researchers determine how traits, characteristics and color impact behavior. Recently discovered genetic knowledge of two nuisance western honey bee subspecies will ...

At a field station near the University of Bristol in the UK, experimental ecologist Ellard Hunting and his colleagues noticed an unexpected jump in the atmospheric electrical charge on a clear day, ...

TORONTO, Dec. 3, 2021 – For decades, scientists have hotly debated the origin of the western honey bee. Now, new research led by York University has discovered these popular honey-producing bees most ...