Queen-cell wax helps shape honeybee queen development, challenging the idea that royal jelly alone makes a queen, a new study ...

Worker bees help decide which bumblebee larvae become queens by feeding them juvenile hormone during growth period.

For generations, scientists believed a queen honeybee was made almost entirely by diet: feed an ordinary larva enough royal ...

Royal cribs and ladies-in-waiting may seem the exclusive preserve of the monarchy. But scientists have found that queen ...

Every bumble bee colony has a queen, but a new study led by researchers at Penn State suggests the process of determining which baby bee reigns supreme may be less monarchal than the royal title ...

Secrets of the hive unlocked thanks to child’s question.

Queen bees emit a pheromone that attracts worker bees — the queen's daughters — to her side. The differentiation of bee larvae into either workers or queens has baffled researchers, and now a team led ...

A honeybee crawls into a hexagonal cell of a honeycomb in a hive. A worker bee on honeycomb. The wax used to make queen cells is chemically and architecturally distinct from the wax of worker cells.

Queen and worker honeybees are almost genetically identical but are fed a different diet as larvae. The researchers have found that specific protein patterns on their genome play an important role in ...

Some stingless bees seem to be able to choose whether to become a worker or the queen – but thousands of contenders for the throne are executed in each hive. About one-fifth of all Melipona beecheii ...

As we transition to warmer weather in the austral summer, many changes take place. Domestic dogs and cats may shed winter coats. Fish such as bass and trout prepare fat reserves for migrations to ...

Every bumble bee colony has a queen, but a new study led by researchers at Penn State suggests the process of determining ...