A once-powerful monarch, weakened by illness, is overthrown by her previously loyal subjects. But in honey bee colonies, such ...
New research shows that viruses weaken honey bee queens, lowering pheromone signals and energy, causing workers to replace them.
Brandon Schrader, a squadron commander with the U.S. Air Force Reserve, is one of Minnesota’s newest Bee Veterans participants.
The research team found that common viruses can damage a queen’s ovaries, reducing both her egg-laying rate and the ...
There are hardly any flowering plants left, and food for honey bees is becoming scarce. Researchers at the Biocenter have investigated how bees cope with this situation.