Once Apis mellifera returns to brood raising after its winter brood break, the workers must maintain temps in the low 90s F to keep eggs,...

Seriously! If you would like to learn how to inseminate honey bee queens, workshops are offered at Washington State University's Bee Lab...

Other insects build their nests/homes of materials they collect and sometimes supplement with a secretion such as saliva, but only honey...

Other insects we may use as food (entomophagy), eating their larvae or adults, but only bees make honey, a food both they and we eat.

Beekeeping folklore explained sudden appearance of aggressive behavior in a hive as a change in the genetic makeup of the workers,...

It makes sense that bees would "hear" the vibrations we call sound waves with their antennae, but "hearing" with their legs? A group, of...

"Hymen" means "membrane" and ptera means "wing", so hymenoptera means membranous wings.

One queen at a time is the norm. More than one queen can be seen by the beekeeper if the workers have raised a replacement queen for the...

A. mellifera behavior and movement is studied to understand group behavior, not just in animals, but possibly in ways that could predict...

Many crops, particularly those crops such as blueberry, cranberry and tomatoes that are best pollinated by “buzz pollination,” which a...

Why are honey bees not useful for pollination in greenhouses and what bees are? Honey bees come out of their hive and fly up and away...

The bumble bee Bombus impatiens; it is shipped in small hives, each containing only dozens of bees with one queen and brood, usually for...

Individual bees are cold blooded. At about 42 degrees F, bees can't move because their muscles are not warm enough, per The Beekeeper's...

Only Apis mellifera and Apis cerana nest in cavities with sufficient population to be easily managed for honey harvest. A. florea and...

It changed its behavior in two major ways from the other Apis species that never moved out of the tropics. (1) it stored enough surplus...

Only one – Apis mellifera.

There are about 12 species in the genus Apis that produce harvestable honey.

Bees keep ¼” to 3/8” spacing between combs and wherever they want corridors. That is known as bee space. If there is a space less than...

Drones, which have no stingers, and worker bees that have stung a person, animal or object and their stingers have detached from their...

The bees use propolis to keep their nest water and draft proof by filling cracks, holes, gaps less than 6mm in width. They limit entrance...