Honey bees are able to carefully manage the temperature inside their hives, but new research shows that extreme summer heat ...

As many states and cities across the U.S. struggle to control COVID-19 transmission, one challenge is curbing the spread among people living in close quarters. Social distancing can be difficult in ...

Honey bees can normally keep their hives perfectly climate-controlled, but extreme heat can overwhelm their defenses. During a scorching Arizona summer, researchers found that high temperatures caused ...

Extreme summer heat is overwhelming honey bee hives. Discover how high temperatures disrupt a colony's cooling system, leading to decline and what it means for our future.

Unlike their wild relatives, the captive roaches crawling across Dr. Cindy Perkovich's hand have been unfazed this winter by Ohio's radical temperature changes. "This is the first time that scientists ...

Honey bees, like humans, are highly social organisms. A honey bee colony is a bustling metropolis made up of of thousands of individuals. Three “types” of bees share space inside the colony. The queen ...

State officials have made the first known detection in Alaska of the small hive beetle, an "economically significant" pest of honey bees, according to an alert published in late September. An Alaska ...

This is an unusually sweet story from Milwaukee's former Northridge Mall. Two bee hives discovered before beginning the decrepit mall's demolition are being relocated to a southeastern Wisconsin farm ...

Phil Starks receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Rachael Bonoan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from ...