When the results of Canada's national honey bee colony loss survey were published in July 2025, they came as no surprise.

Worker bees stage coordinated revolts when viral infections weaken their queen and lower her pheromone output. This disruption drives many of the queen failures that beekeepers struggle with today.

New research reveals how viral infections in queen bees disturb colony stability and pinpoints a specific pheromone that may help preserve unity and productivity within hives. It may sound like the ...

The life of a bee is short, but do they all die in flower blossoms when their lives come to an end? The answer is not that ...

Honey bee colonies are often portrayed as models of stability, yet inside the hive, power can change hands with ruthless ...

Deepa Padmanabhan turns everyday encounters with insects, birds and reptiles into insightful essays that rethink how we ...

Some buzz-worthy news is spreading on social media after beekeepers and a local arborist were able to safely relocate a hive ...

Hoverflies, often mistaken for bees and wasps, pollinate three quarters of our crops. Now we’re discovering we can train them ...

A large swarm of bees had to be removed from the sails of the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday.According to the Sydney Opera House, about 10,000 honeybees gathered onto the iconic Joan Sutherland ...

During her year as American Honey, Queen Cheyenne Bastian-Brown has visited 17 states, traveling west to California and ...

Bees may be smarter than we thought. In a controlled experiment, they learned to differentiate between fast and slow flashes ...

If there’s one pest keeping the Canadian beekeeping industry abuzz these days, it’s tropilaelaps mites You can save this ...