Bees have coexisted with us for over a millennium. Their name remains a mystery

When Kendal Sager lifts the top of her beehive, tens of thousands of bees waggle across the honeycomb — their cells filled with bright yellow, orange and pink pollen collected from flowers in Sager's ...
Inverse

Study: Bees might survive the climate crisis — but only some species

Bees are perhaps Earth’s most essential pollinators. While hopping from flower to flower, these golden-hued insects don’t just suck sweet nectar but also transfer pollen among the plants — a crucial ...
The New York Times

These Bees Have Been Mummified in Their Cocoons for 3,000 Years

Insects rarely survive in fossilized form, but a strange series of events somehow killed and preserved these brooding bees for millenniums. By Sarah Derouin A research team was combing the coastline ...
Ars Technica

Bees learn to dance and to solve puzzles from their peers

Social insects like bees demonstrate a remarkable range of behaviors, from working together to build structurally complex nests (complete with built-in climate control) to the pragmatic division of ...