When the results of Canada's national honey bee colony loss survey were published in July 2025, they came as no surprise.

A honey bee colony is a superorganism; working together as a unified entity with each bee working individually but ...

Washington State University researchers and students collect samples and perform honey bee colony health assessments in orchards near Modesto, CA. Every year more than 2 million honey bee hives from ...

New research reveals how viral infections in queen bees disturb colony stability and pinpoints a specific pheromone that may help preserve unity and productivity within hives. It may sound like the ...

WASHINGTON — Researchers found that longer autumns with good flying weather for bees raise the chances of colony collapse in the upcoming spring, according to a study published in the journal ...

Upcoming research funded by the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) will investigate the secrets of longevity in honeybee queens. Queens eat royal jelly, which has antioxidants and less ...

Worker bees stage coordinated revolts when viral infections weaken their queen and lower her pheromone output. This disruption drives many of the queen failures that beekeepers struggle with today.

The life of a bee is short, but do they all die in flower blossoms when their lives come to an end? The answer is not that ...

Honey bee colonies are often portrayed as models of stability, yet inside the hive, power can change hands with ruthless ...