The guard bees represent only about 1-2% of the 10,000 total workers in a nest, a ratio decided by the bees that tend brood ...

Honeybees are aggressively pushing wild pollinators away from flowers, with scientists documenting how they chase off rivals ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Insects are the primary pollinators of most flowers and crops. Niklas_Weidner/500px via Getty Images Rachel Mallinger: A lot of ...

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Scientists recorded for the first time the extent to which honeybees restrict access to food sources and attack other species ...

Dikes are indispensable for bees, especially if they are home to many different plant and flower species. A large census conducted on 157 dikes along rivers in the Netherlands revealed that more and ...

Viewing honey bee colonies as superorganisms could reshape modern beekeeping, raising important questions about parasite ...

Get a honeybee near a rose or a lavender and the insect will extend its strawlike tongue to search for nectar, pollinating the flower in the process. That’s at least how it works in clean environments ...

Is your yard overrun by bees? Even if you value pollinators, you may not want to risk being stung. Luckily, there are quick, easy options to keep them away.

Insects are the primary pollinators of most flowers and crops. Niklas_Weidner/500px via Getty Images Rachel Mallinger: A lot of different insects pollinate. Insects visit flowers for many purposes, ...

Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects to pollinate them. But the population of insect pollinators is dropping in ...