Bees have two large compound eyes on the sides of their head and three small simple eyes on top of their head. This helps them see in different directions and detect light changes quickly. Bees flap ...

Bees do not create honey; they are actually improving upon a plant product, nectar. The honey we eat is nectar that bees have repeatedly regurgitated and dehydrated. The average American consumes ...

A beekeeping class was held in Jackson Saturday from 9 in the morning until 3 in the afternoon. The class was available at ...

“These losses are severe, broad, and may impact food security through inadequate pollination services. Survey results are ...

How did a common ancestor of humans and insects order information? To find out, we can compare the results of humans and bees: we last shared a common ancestor more than 600 million years ago.

Discover the fascinating flight altitude of bees with 7 key facts, from their typical low-level flights to remarkable high-altitude journeys. Learn how bees adapt to different environments ...

Up to now scientists got information about where bees were foraging from looking at the "waggling behavior" of the bees. This is a kind of bee dance by one bee that gives other bees information on ...

Bees and other pollinators ... Its main goals are monitoring pollinators decline, addressing the lack of taxonomic information on pollinators, assessing the economic value of pollination and ...

Entomologists are gluing tiny QR codes on honey bees to better track the pollinators’ travel habits and life cycles. In doing so, they hope to gain a more complete and accurate understanding of ...

One out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators such as bees. Crops that depend on pollination are five times more valuable than those that do not. Social bees, such as honeybees ...

Biologists have tagged hundreds of bees with QR codes so they can track their movements, and in doing so they have finally begun to solve the mystery of how far bees travel from the hive when they ...