The protein seems to work by changing the expression of genes responsible for vision inside the queen bees’ brains, though the exact mechanism isn’t yet clear.

Since lots of bees successfully live without a queen, what is it that queens provide for the bee species that do have them?

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 ...

A honey bee queen mates early in her life, Tarpy explained, but usually with multiple partners, the drones of another bee colony. Richard, Tarpy, and Grozinger found that the number of partners ...

The semen of male honey bees contains a poison that makes queens temporarily lose their sight after sex, in what scientists described as a "sexual arms race." In most social insects—the category ...

While it is uncertain whether taking royal jelly capsules or slathering it on your face will slow down the aging process, we do know that queen bees can live up to 20 times longer than workers.

In this insightful video, we dive into the essential practice of hive inspection for beginners, with a focus on why protecting the queen bee is absolutely vital. You'll learn the basics of hive ...

The makeup of microbial species—the microbiome—in a honey bee queen’s gut changes slowly as she ages, while a worker bee’s microbiome changes much more rapidly, according to a new study ...

Pesticide-contaminated beeswax impaired honey bee colonies during the queens’ maturation. This led to reproductive dysfunction that significantly decreased worker bees’ entourage size and the queens’ ...