Queen-cell wax helps shape honeybee queen development, challenging the idea that royal jelly alone makes a queen, a new study ...

Queens are raised eating royal jelly secreted from the glands of worker bees and scientists have long believed diet was the ...

Royal cribs and ladies-in-waiting may seem the exclusive preserve of the monarchy. But scientists have found that queen ...

Recently released, Queen Bee’s Garden of Virtues invites young readers on a journey through a vibrant garden where kindness, ...

Upcoming research funded by the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) will investigate the secrets of longevity in honeybee queens. Queens eat royal jelly, which has antioxidants and less ...

A honeybee crawls into a hexagonal cell of a honeycomb in a hive. A worker bee on honeycomb. The wax used to make queen cells is chemically and architecturally distinct from the wax of worker cells.

Every bumble bee colony has a queen, but a new study led by researchers at Penn State suggests the process of determining which baby bee reigns supreme may be less monarchal than the royal title ...