Let's explore the major differences between queen and worker bees and why this hierarchical system is crucial to hive ...

Of all the unique flying, buzzing specimens out there, bumblebees are one of the most mesmerizing…even when they’re engaging ...

In chess, the queen is the most valuable piece for a player. She’s capable of making any move, which also makes her the most ...

Penn State scientists uncover how parent genes compete to decide if a honey bee larva becomes a queen or a worker.

Researchers discovered that genetic conflict between paternal and maternal genes determines whether honey bee larvae become queens or workers. The study reveals how histone modifications control gene ...

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...

“We found that, in honey bees, parent-of-origin expression is regulated by histone modifications,” Bresnahan said. He explained that the chemical tags modifying the histone proteins appears to mediate ...

For the fourth year, King of Prussia District — an organization established in 2010 by Upper Merion Township that works to ...

Queen bees emit a pheromone that attracts worker bees — the queen's daughters — to her side. The differentiation of bee larvae into either workers or queens has baffled researchers, and now a ...

Roughly 300,000 robot hives are in use across the U.S., scattered across fields of almond, canola, pistachios and other crops ...