The U.S. beekeeping industry is in crisis over the shocking and unexplained deaths of hundreds of millions of bees over the ...

Woodpeckers are attracted to the carpenter bee larvae causing further damage to the wood as they drill to get to the food ...

Leafcutter bees have sharp jaws resembling serrated knives, yet they are surprisingly docile. These hard-working bees are known for slicing through plant leaves, leaving signature holes in their wake.

Washington State University entomologists announced this week that commercial honey bee colony losses are projected to reach ...

Gourmets in Hanoi are willing to spend millions of dong to enjoy bumblebee pupae, especially at the end of the year, and ...

However, some bees spend the winter as larvae, laid on top of food stores that they eat during the season, until they emerge as adults in spring. Here in the Tahoe area, chimney bees, leafcutter ...

They examined the guts of more than 1,500 Asian hornet larvae which eat food provided by adult insects. Study leader Siffreya Pedersen said: “Asian hornets are known to prey on honey bees ...

When bees are young, their roles in the colony typically involve tasks like nursing larvae, cleaning out cells, and feeding and attending to the queen, says MacInnis. As they grow older ...

They are particularly threatening to honey bees and other native insects that pollinate important crops. The lack of pollinators can threaten food supplies ... nests and the larvae from those ...

The more times the queen mates, the less closely related the worker bees are to the next queen, leading us to hypothesize that the quality of food given to the larvae may decrease. We are ...