Honeybee colonies in the United States are projected to decline by up to 70% this year, entomologists say. And that could ...

After installing the new queen bee, leave the hive alone for about a week. One exception: If you left the cork, plug, or cap on the cage, open the hive up in one to two days and remove it.

Bees that visited the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the 2023 Indy 500 were transferred to a beekeeper's hive. The queen is still alive, and her hive is thriving. (Ross Harding / Courtesy photo) ...

A hive is organized around one queen bee. Queens have one function, to mate with drones. After mating, sperm is stored in her body. She can lay up to 2,000 eggs per day, ...

The queen bee from that 2023 Indy 500 swarm now has a thriving hive — and ... But Harding hopes some of her female descendants will have their own hives someday. And as for the worker bees, ...

Otherwise, the chemical cues that keep a hive together begin to disappear. Bees without a queen won't survive long, said bee researcher Deborah Delaney, an assistant professor at the University of ...

YOU will be creating a buzz if you manage to spot the queen bee in her hive this busy image. It means you have 20/20 vision and most excellent eyesight. But don’t get too relaxed about this t… ...

Wild, free-roaming queen bees in search of a new kingdom are often lured to commercial hives — where resident workers murder the queens almost as soon as they get through the door, a new study ...

She is the largest bee in the hive with a longer body, a more pointed abdomen, and a bald, black spot on her back. Swipe left for the answer and let me know how quickly you were able to spot her ...