Why Do Honey Bees Disappear When the Sun Goes Down?

Contrary to the behavior of certain other insects, bees don’t actually fly once it’s dark, according to this trending ...
CNN

These groups are working to save bees and butterflies on the brink. Here’s how you can help the pollinators

You can help Mother Nature in a battle for survival. Pollinators, which provide one out of every three bites of our food, are struggling. Five butterfly species in the United States have gone extinct ...
Los Angeles Times

Entering the sacred realm of the bees with honey bee therapy

Marvin Jordana laid a hand on the beehive in his Eagle Rock backyard and said a silent prayer. After a few moments, he spoke: “I ask for their permission to enter the hive, because this is their body.
CNN

Bees learn waggle dance moves with a little help from their coworkers

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Science Daily

Extreme heat is breaking honey bees’ natural cooling system

Honey bees can normally keep their hives perfectly climate-controlled, but extreme heat can overwhelm their defenses. During ...

Temperature shifts alter honeybee behavior but leave native bees unchanged

Research from Monash University explores how rising temperatures and growing urban environments can affect behavior in native ...
Ars Technica

Bees like to roll little wooden balls as a form of play, study finds

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...
Yahoo

'Killer bees' keep spreading (and killing) across the US

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Africanized honey bees, often referred to as "killer bees," are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading northward, ...
NPR

2 people were hurt in a California bee attack. Here's what to do if it happens to you

A group of aggressive bees descended on passersby in Los Angeles this week and sent at least two people, including a police volunteer, to the hospital. Local TV news footage showed a man in uniform ...
ABC News

Man in Underpants Covers Himself With 1.1 Million Bees, Sets World Record

He was stung over 2,000 times ... and survived, and set a world record. — -- Wearing only his underpants, Gao Bingguo set a new Guinness World Record after he covered himself with almost 1.1 ...
The New York Times

His Bees Fly to the Front Line. Soon, It May Come to Him.

With nearby sunflower fields unplanted and rockets overhead, a Ukrainian’s bees ventured toward the battlefront and returned with a bumper crop. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Natalia Yermak BOHDANIVKA, ...
The State

These special bees can dig holes in your yard in SC. Should you be worried?

An image of a mining bee, also referred to as a ground bee. screenshot Courtesy of the Missouri Department of Conservation Spring is underway in South Carolina, filling yards again with life, ...