A new study from the University of California, Riverside shows that even bumble bee queens, the sole founders of their colonies, take regular breaks from reproduction—likely to avoid burning out ...

It latches on to bees in the pupa stage and can shorten their lifespan. Hickman said the better the bee population, the more mites we see. “There's an alarm that kind of comes with this.

When nurse bees detected a developing bee is sick or dead, they will uncap the cell and remove the pupa to protect the rest of the hive. This is called hygienic behavior, and pheromones play an ...

The University of Georgia College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences partnered with Athens biotech company Dalan Animal Health in 2022 to advance the world’s first-ever honey bee vaccine.

When nurse bees are stimulated by pheromones to detect sick or dead developing bees, they will uncap the cell and remove the damaged pupa. This is known as hygienic behavior . That’s where the ...