Every spring, a honey bee queen may abandon her hive, taking thousands of workers with her in a swirling cloud. Behind her, a ...

Following a queen rather than a hive changes how a review interprets honey bee reproduction, colony lifetimes and parental ...

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

A review argues honey bee colonies are mortal superorganisms, changing how swarming, queen replacement, and survival are understood.

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

A new version of the BEEHAVE honey bee model replaces the fixed egg-laying curve with an emergent feedback loop linking ...

In honey bees, the role a bee plays in the colony changes as they age. Younger bees perform duties inside the hive, such as nursing and wax building, while older bees transition to roles outside of ...

Honey bee colonies across the United States are facing record-breaking losses in 2025, with scientists warning the impact could be felt in agricultural production. Washington State University ...

Open a honey bee hive on a warm afternoon and the first thing you’ll notice is movement. Thousands of bees stream across the frames, tending brood, processing nectar and pollen, building wax, and ...

About one-third of the food eaten by Americans comes from crops pollinated by honey bees, yet the insect is dying off at alarming rates. In one year alone, between April of 2019 and April of 2020, one ...

WSU researchers and students collect samples and perform honey bee colony health assessments in orchards near Modesto, CA. Photo by Brandon Hopkins PULLMAN, Wash. — The famous work ethic of honey bees ...

Collective behaviors are present across many different animal groups: schools of fish swimming in a swirling pattern together, large flocks of birds migrating through the night, groups of bees ...