For decades, scientists thought royal jelly was the secret ingredient that turned an ordinary honeybee larva into a queen.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Penn State study finds worker bees help turn larvae into future queens by passing juvenile hormone in food. (CREDIT: Dmitry ...

Dean Haskin, owner of Mickle Hollow LLC works around the clock with honey bees. “I would say right now is the busiest,” said Haskin. Haskin’s bee farm currently has about 35 bee colonies — which are a ...

New Delhi: World Bee Day 2026 falls on 20 May, a global observance designed to raise awareness of the crucial role bees and other pollinators play in our food systems, biodiversity and healthy ...

When a bee gets sick, it can’t necessarily social distance. “I like to think of it as a system, as a factory of sorts, with 30,000-40,000 bees crowded…just on top of each other, feeding each other and ...

Honey bee colonies worldwide suffered massive losses last year, but University of Vermont researchers and international partners developed a new testing method that may lead to more disease-resistant ...

A baby bumble bee can end up on one of two very different paths. It can grow into a small worker that never reproduces, or ...