A Highland honey business has raised concerns about how plans for up to 400 new homes on nearby land could affect queen bees.

Cameron Duke of MinuteEarth explained why there are queen bees but no king bees due to the fact that the queen lays all the eggs in the hive and the males who mate with her promptly die.

Beekeepers in the United States lost more than 55% of managed colonies last year—the highest loss rate since the Apiary ...

He has his suspicions, namely that the Varroa mite might be causing havoc or colonies aren’t adequately supporting their queen bees. But he also has bigger picture worries. Hollmann feels that ...

Nurtured with food bearing a slightly higher sugar content, queen bees are slightly larger than worker bees. Being the Queen During the mating flight several drones will deposit upwards of 90 ...