Medicine & TechnologyA swarm of bees in Ukraine attacked Russian soldiers, killing three and injuring 25 others. Read more to know why bee stings can be deadly.
Researchers led by experts from the University of California, Riverside found meat-eating bees in Costa Rica that evolved to eat carrion and avoid competition for nectar.
In recently published research, scientists found that a cheap and naturally occurring chemical compound could avoid or reverse the effects of the deadly virus in bees.
A four-year-old girl in California discovered colonies of stingless bees which, according to a biosystematist, is an impressive find, especially that all scientists have not found one.
In 1990, a South African honeybee successfully cloned itself into millions after hitting a genetic jackpot that allows for a complete asexual reproduction without the risk of recombination.
Decades after the Cold War era, American honey still has traces of radioactive fallout from the nuclear tests during that time. But levels of the radioactive isotope found are below the levels to be considered harmful.
Millions of people have watched a Texas beekeeper heralded as a 'Bee Whisperer' after a video of her scooping up handfuls of bees to transfer them to a safer place was uploaded online.
A rare Australian native bee species have been discovered a century after, although the discoverers say there is increasing pressure for these bees to survive.
For the last 30 years, up to a quarter of all species of bees have reportedly fallen off international global data, amidst a major increase in the number of such records that exist.
Since the introduction of European and African honeybees to the Americas, there have been numerous hybrid species. Scientists used genetic sequencing to determine how genetics made an impact on their survival, habitat, and advantageous traits.
On Monday, USFWS declared that designating a 'critical habitat' for endangered bumblebees is not warranted. This decision further weakens the protection of this endangered species that was once much more common.
Aside from honey, bees produce something else with several healing properties - their bee-sting venom. Several small clinical trials explain the benefits of using venom to treat various types of conditions and diseases.