Quick Questions explains how some bees can transform flower nectar into the liquid gold that you use to sweeten your tea.

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

Birds and bees see the world in different ways – and some flowers have evolved to take advantage of the gap in their ...

Flowers emit scented chemicals to attract pollinators, but this perfume—and how pollinators interact with the plant—can go ...

Bees and wasps are vanishing each winter, or so we thought. Hidden in attics, deep underground, and inside expanding nests, a quiet transformation is underway.

We’re currently dealing with winter conditions, but to warm us up, I thought I’d cover something we observe, but may not fully understand, in spring, summer, and fall: why do bees visit flowers? Much ...

Bumble bees battling invasive Argentine ants may win individual fights but ultimately lose valuable foraging time, putting pressure on colonies already strained by habitat loss, disease, and ...

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Honey bees are incredibly social insects. They live together in big groups with other bees in an organized society that scientists call eusocial, which means every bee has a job to do. This could be ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Researchers discovered that bees use flight movements to sharpen their brain signals, enabling them to recognise patterns with remarkable accuracy. The sophisticated visual pattern learning abilities ...