Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The queen, on the right with a larger, darker body, is bigger than the worker bees in the colony and lives several times longer.

It sounds like the plot of a medieval historical drama: A once-powerful monarch, weakened by illness, is overthrown by her previously loyal subjects. But in honey bee colonies, such high-stakes coups ...

When considering what shapes animal development, factors such as genetics come to mind. For a queen bee, however, her special wax home also has a role. Surprisingly, although queen cells are ...

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As we transition to warmer weather in the austral summer, many changes take place. Domestic dogs and cats may shed winter coats. Fish such as bass and trout prepare fat reserves for migrations to ...

A child’s simple curiosity about why some bees live in different-looking cells has helped crack open a layer of honey bee biology that scientists had overlooked for decades. Researchers at the ...