Most of the bees in Arizona are Africanized "killer" bees. Here's what happens if you get stung by a killer bee and how to ...

From South America to the Southern U.S., these aggressive honeybees are on the move, posing significant risks. Understanding ...

Africanized honey bees, often called "killer bees," are now in 13 states, including Mississippi. Know where to find them, how ...

The number of honey bee colonies in the US has been declining at an average rate of almost 40 per cent since 2010. The biggest contributor to this decline is viruses spread by a parasite, varroa ...

Mechanistic answer: the honey bee worker's stinger is barbed, and sticks in human skin. It doesn't stick in all animals, though; a honey bee could sting a large insect, for example, and pull out ...

Three diverse cell subtypes in honey bee brains that likely evolved from one single, multi-functional ancestor. Search for: ... What busy bees’ brains can teach us about human evolution.

The American Beekeeping Federation estimates that honey bee pollination services are worth as much as $20 billion to US food crop production alone, and the National Honey Board valued the 2013 ...

Data shows bee populations dwindling more and more each year. Between Oct. 1, 2018, and April 1, 2019, 37.7% of the managed honey bee population -- colonies kept by commercial beekeepers ...

A University of Trento study reveals that sleeping honey bees display synchronized brain activity similar to that of humans. Using imaging and neural modelling, researchers identified sleep-specific ...

The parallels we have identified between bee and human sleep could open up new directions for research into memory consolidation and sleep disorders in humans." Reference: Moguilner S, Tiraboschi E, ...