Honey is the sweet, sticky, delicious condiment that’s loved across the world. In 2021, the global honey industry was valued at approximately $8 billion, per Statista. Bees work overtime to produce ...

Have you ever wondered how bees manage to turn nectar into that golden, sticky sweetness we all love? It’s a fascinating process that blends nature’s engineering with the bees' hard work, and it’s ...

Honeybees make honey by collecting nectar, dehydrating it by fanning their wings, and sealing it in the honeycomb with wax. It takes approximately 500-600 bees visiting about two million flowers to ...

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

A new study seeks to challenge the conventional view of a honey bee colony. Viewing colonies as superorganisms redefines the fundamental biology of the honey bee colony. These insights may have ...

Bees play a vital role in pollination, which is essential to feeding a growing global population. In fact, in the United States alone, studies suggest that nearly one third of the entire food supply ...

A new study argues that a honey bee queen and her colony constitute a single superorganism whose natural life cycle conflicts ...

New research revealing how honey bees can make fast and accurate decisions, which could help to design more efficient robots and autonomous machines, has been published by scientists at the University ...

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When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Nearly four out of every ten honey bee colonies kept in America died last year, and the little backyard hives fared worse ...