Some honey bees in parts of Asia have an effective way of keeping intruders out of their hives. They slap them–with lightning speed. Video included in a study published July 10 in the journal Ecology ...

Japanese honey bees are known to use their wings to protect their hives from intruding ants, but detailed observations of this behavior and its ecological significance have not been previously ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Whatever they are doing, bees take their jobs seriously, be it pollinating plants or nursing their young. They protect their homes, too, with dramatic tactics like producing shimmering waves to stave ...

Small honey ants are not considered serious commercial pests throughout most of their natural range. However, because they can enter households and other buildings, some people think of them as ...

Somewhere between 400,000 and 700,000 thousand years ago — about the time Haleakala was forming — a tiny bee arrived in the Hawaiian Islands. This bee was about the size of a grain of rice and ...

Dee Carter has received funding to support work on honey bee honey from The Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, AgriFutures, the Australian Research Council (Linkage program), and ...

When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the hive. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates.

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

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When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the hive. Bumble bees are already under pressure from habitat loss, disease, ...