Covered in a swarm of angry bees, one bold animal refuses to stop eating. What makes the honey badger so fearless against a hive full of defenders reveals something surprising about its biology and ...

A new study argues that a honey bee queen and her colony constitute a single superorganism whose natural life cycle conflicts ...

A new study seeks to challenge the conventional view of a honey bee colony. Viewing colonies as superorganisms redefines the fundamental biology of the honey bee colony. These insights may have ...

Bumble bees play, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London published in Animal Behaviour. It is the first time that object play behavior has been shown in an insect, adding to ...

Ancient animal skeletons found in a Caribbean cave have revealed a new chapter in bee history. Researchers have found that the solitary bees were using the empty tooth cavities in the skulls of ...

Bees are amazing animals. Detailed studies show that they enjoy rich and deep social, cognitive, and emotional lives. They display dopamine-based positive emotions, get depressed, anxious, and ...

This is a field of bluebells from the perspective of a human (right) and a bee (left).Credit: Jolyon Troscianko How other animals see the world is still something of a mystery — but a new software ...

I don’t think there is another animal on the planet considered to be as beneficial to humanity as the honey bee (Apis mellifera). For our earliest hominid ancestors, to have come across a wild bee ...