The simply named and intriguingly effective royal jelly is what separates queen bees from the rest. These lucky bees are selected by the colony during the larval stage and coated in the milky, ...

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 ...

Defying gravity: A special mixture of proteins in the larval food of bees ensures that future queen larvae survive. Surprisingly this has less to do with nourishment than with gravity. The special ...

It’s these wacky ideas that have the potential to be truly transformative to everyone’s lives, is what may be potentially life-changing to all, according to Queen Mary University of London professor ...

When I want something sweet, I pull out a jar of honey made by my bee friends at Washington State University. I talked about your question with one of the insect scientists there, Rae Olsson. They ...

In honeybee society, the monarch doesn’t break bread with the plebes. Even as a larva, the queen bee gets the exact same specially prepared dish delivered to her regularly by “nurse” bees, and in time ...

North Carolina State University researcher Alison McAfee prepares queen cells to go into honey bee mating colonies. Credit: Alison McAfee As global honey bee decline continues through yet another ...

Researchers have discovered the molecular mechanism by which queen honeybees carefully control worker bees' fertility. Researchers from New Zealand's University of Otago have discovered the molecular ...