Urban bees feed entirely on flowers when given the chance and eschew human food. Urban bees feed entirely on flowers when given the chance and eschew human food. Lauren Nichols Six years ago, Brooklyn ...

Urban beekeeping is a growing trend, but some scientists have worried bees in the city might turn to processed sugars for food. N.C. State researcher Clint Penick was inspired to study urban bee diets ...

Just like people confronted with a sea of options at the grocery store, bees foraging in meadows encounter many different flowers at once. They must decide which ones to visit for food, but it isn't ...

Bees feeding in monoculture fields of single crops such as sunflowers crowd together and pass parasites to one another at high rates. Lauren Ponisio/University of Oregon, CC BY-ND It’s springtime in ...

Bumble bees battling invasive Argentine ants may win individual fights but ultimately lose valuable foraging time, putting ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. It’s springtime in California, and bees are emerging to feast on flowering fields—acres ...

Researchers have shown that feeding bumble bees caffeine helps them better remember the smell of a specific flower with nectar inside. While previous studies have shown that bees like caffeine and ...

When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Researchers at East Tennessee State University are searching for answers about medicinal plants with the help of bees, and they’re using robotic flowers in the process. Dr ...