A beehive operates more like a democracy than a monarchy. In fact, US bee researcher Thomas D. Seeley describes a colony’s social structure as a ‘bee democracy’, where many decisions are made ...

Honeybees are renowned for their ability to build intricate hives where they can store their food and raise their larvae. Hive construction is the collaborative effort of thousands of hard-working ...

Honeybees are one of the hardest-working creatures on this planet. But there is much more to them than what meets the eye. They are also maestros when it comes to construction and design. They can ...

If you haven’t checked your trash can or large compost bins at your home in a while, beware. There might be bees building a ...

From left, Francisco López Jiménez, Orit Peleg and graduate student Richard Terrile inspect the honeycomb in a bee hive. On a hot summer day in Colorado, European honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) buzz ...

California-based Beewise invented the BeeHome, a robotic, AI-directed beehive that growers can rent. Cameras connect with AI software that monitors each individual bee and identifies its needs. 40% of ...

Honey bees pollinate one in three bites of food we eat. Honey bees are highly social creatures that live in large family groups. Each group or colony is well-organized, with three types of adult bees: ...

On and around some of New York City’s most iconic buildings, beehives are buzzing. On and around some of New York City’s most iconic buildings, beehives are buzzing. Credit...Graham Dickie/The New ...

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These results demonstrate that honeybee hive-building does not follow a fixed blueprint, but instead is a flexible process wherein a colony can apply a variety of strategies to adapt to different ...

There’s more than one way to build a honeybee hive, depending on the needs of the bees, according to a study published August 26 th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Golnar Gharooni-Fard of ...