Honey bees (Apis cerana) use animal feces as a tool to defend colonies against group attack by giant hornets (Vespa soror)

Scientists find clues to queen bee failure Scientists at UBC are unravelling the mysteries behind a persistent problem in commercial beekeeping that is one of the leading causes of colony mortality — queen bee failure. This occurs when the queen…

Effectiveness of honey for symptomatic relief in upper respiratory tract infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Venom from honeybees found to kill aggressive breast cancer cells Using the venom from 312 honeybees and bumblebees in Perth Western Australia, Ireland and England, Dr Ciara Duffy from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and The University of…

Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits

Out of sync: Ecologists report climate change affecting bee, plant life cycles Bees and flowers seem inseparable harbingers of spring, but what happens when pollinators emerge later than their sources of nectar and pollen? Reporting on the first community-wide assessment…