A newly published book, “Honey Bee Biology,” authored by UC Davis honeybee scientist Brian Johnson, a leading expert on the behavior, genomics and evolution of honeybees, will be released June 6 by ...

Mirroring the mechanisms that make human faces and bodies—and those of many multicellular organisms—symmetrical, bee colonies build symmetrical nests when they are placed on either side of a ...

Bees have much better vision than was previously known, offering new insights into the lives of honey bees, and new opportunities for translating this knowledge into fields such as robot vision, ...

How do you move 100,000 honeybees—a living laboratory for research on the gut microbiome—half way across the country? Credit: Marsha Miller As bees sharply decline around the world, two researchers ...

"Bee colonies are really interesting little microcosms of biology. There are lots of individuals bees, but they are all genetically related and they are living in a close confined space," said Graham ...

In a honeybee hive, the queen bee has a vital role. She is responsible for the production of all of the eggs in the hive, laying about 1,500 identical eggs a day. The worker bees take care of each egg ...

Scientific name of bee: The buzzing of bees is an integral part of our ecosystem, but the world of these crucial insects is Bees are an important part of our ecosystem, but their world is much more ...

Social bees such as honeybees and bumblebees have larger foraging ranges, according to researchers at the University of Bristol. The findings, published today in Current Biology, show that social bees ...

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The breeding biology of Rainbow Bee-eaters (Merops ornatus) was studied between 1997 and 2001 in southeast Queensland, Australia. Rainbow Bee-eaters are unusual in that they combine migration and ...

Scientific name of bee is Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee), part of the Apidae family. Bees are crucial pollinators, adding $18 billion to US agriculture annually. There are over 20,000 species; key ...