Did you know that honey bees aren’t just buzzing around randomly? They’re actually dancing to communicate. A new study from Virginia Tech shows these “waggle dances” are more than just a ...

My first stop was a local apiary here in southern West Virginia. These are where local honey bees call home and a single apiary can be home to tens of hundreds of hives. With that many bees ...

Vermont native bees are a very different creature than the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and, some biologists point out, ...

The world of honey is far richer and more varied than the pallid jars sold in supermarkets would suggest. There’s black honey ...

Honeybee dance 'styles' sway food foraging success Date: February 24, 2025 Source: Virginia Tech Summary: Biologists have learned several interesting patterns related to bee communication. One ...

An intervention in a lawsuit by the West Virginia Department of Agriculture ... a permit from the city of South Charleston to keep honey bees on his property. The permit was denied under a city ...

Children's charities in Virginia & Tennessee receive gift - and sweet lesson, too Johnson City, Tennessee--(Newsfile Corp. - ...

Credit: Margaret Couvillon for Virginia Tech. Honeybees have had millions ... The paper, "Individuality impacts communication success in honey bees," was published in Current Biology.