Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found. This is the first evidence of such an ability in insects, ...

As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks were not enough, Australia now has a new creepy critter: a "lucifer" bee with devil-like horns. The species, dubbed Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer, was found ...

Several genetic variants associated with social behavior in honey bees are located within genes that have previously been linked to social behavior in humans, Ian Traniello at the University of ...

Celebrating its first fall semester, the University of Virginia’s Northern Virginia campus is buzzing with excitement – no one more so than beekeeper and Dean Greg Fairchild and the campus’s two ...

Objective Tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC) is an aggressive oral cancer with notable treatment resistance. This in vitro study investigated anti-cancer effects of honey bee venom (BV)—a mixture ...

The researcher and National Geographic Explorer is helping uncover how bees’ environments shape their smarts. National Geographic Explorer Felicity Muth holds a vial while conducting fieldwork to ...

Enjoying the outdoors carries the danger of running into nature’s less-friendly side: toxic plants and animals. As toxicologists at the University of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Poison Center, we see many ...

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SANTEE, Calif. (KGTV) - Two plumbers are being credited with saving a grandmother's life after she was attacked by a swarm of bees at her home in Santee. Diosdado San Roque and his partner from Happy ...

Frances Bavier spent more than four decades working in stage, film and television, but for generations of fans she will always be Aunt Bee—the kind-hearted, apron-wearing matriarch from The Andy ...

Amazon has acquired the AI wearables startup Bee, according to a LinkedIn post by Bee co-founder Maria de Lourdes Zollo. Amazon confirmed the acquisition to TechCrunch but noted that the deal has not ...