This is not the plot of a new Game of Thrones spinoff, but a common and violent reality in honey bee colonies. As with any ...

In the intricate world of honeybee colonies, the survival of the hive hinges on the health and productivity of the queen bee.

New research shows that viruses weaken honey bee queens, lowering pheromone signals and energy, causing workers to replace them.

When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And honey bees have queens, a female who lays essentially all of the eggs for the colony. But most ...

Honey bee colonies have a surprising way of ensuring survival. When a queen bee weakens due to virus infection, her pheromone ...