A bumblebee’s brain is smaller than a sesame seed. But it can still accomplish quite a bit. “You don’t need a big brain to learn well,” said Felicity Muth, an assistant professor in the Department of ...

There are hobby beekeepers, and there are commercial beekeepers. And then there are beekeepers that take the queen bee on vacation with them. Allan Hazel, who owns A.P.’s Back Beach Bees on Sullivan’s ...

Researchers at Washington State University studied indoor queen banking as a possible way to help bee populations survive. The practice uses refrigeration to store excess queen bees indoors. The bees ...