Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are helping to protect honey bee populations while developing new strategies ...

Small honey ants are not considered serious commercial ... Queens are the largest ants in the colony with an average length of about one-third of an inch — approximately three times the size ...

Deformed wing virus is said to be responsible for death of millions of honey bee colonies Higher levels of DWV was found in colonies attacked by invasive ants "These viral dynamics are a hidden ...

Subscribe for FREE Among their colonies are a class of overfed workers that are stuffed with nectar and sugary substances by other worker ants, causing their abdomens to inflate with honey and take on ...

After carefully digging out colonies, the researchers collected a subgroup of ants fattened with nectar. Honeypot ants exhibit a fascinating phenomenon where some colony workers are overfed, causing ...

and how these mechanisms relate to the colony's overall aggression. "Honey bees do not have a size-based division of labor, like you might see in termites or ants," said Ian Traniello, former ...

The team studied the Australian honeypot ant, Camponotus inflatus, which is found throughout desert areas mainly in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Among their colonies are a class ...

Honeypot ants. This type of ant is less than half an ... When scouting ants find food, they leave a chemical trail for their colony mates to follow to help collect the food to take it back to ...