Experimental results show that bumblebees roll balls even when no food is provided, meeting the behavioral criteria for 'play ...

Bees are pivotal to our environment, and you can have them in your yard without planting flowers. Use this DIY hack to ...

Africanized honey bees are a hybrid species that originated in Brazil and have spread to 13 southern and southwestern U.S. states. Known as "killer bees," their danger comes from their highly ...

Increasing summer temperatures, drought, disease, land use changes and insecticides have all been blamed for the precipitous ...

If you've ever been stung by a bee, you know exactly how painful it can be. It's one reason many people get nervous the minute they hear buzzing nearby. The good news is that not all bees sting. With ...

A viral video shows hundreds of Africanized honey bees packed inside an abandoned metal pipe in Arizona, all locked in perfect unison, wings beating furiously in the same direction. Their ...

A bee that traded its sting for something else The stinger in a female honeybee is a modified egg-laying organ. Stingless ...

Dogs chasing balls, cats batting at toys. We are familiar with the sight of animals playing. But what if the animal in question is a bee?Climbing onto a small wooden ball, grabbing it with their legs, ...

As the hunt continues for an Asian hornet nest in Co Cork, an Irish-based beekeeper who has seen the invasive species spread ...

An Asian hornet nest has been found in Ringaskiddy Co Cork after following reports of the invasive species in the area over the past week ...

A project is under way to try and help one of the UK's "most threatened" species of bumblebee. The Bumblebee Conservation ...

It’s ivy bee time! As I write, dozens of these insects are busily collecting nectar from a mass of ivy flowers on a plant ...