Bees don’t need much space to build their hive. They prefer spaces around 10 gallons (about 1.5 cubic feet ) but can settle in spaces about 4 gallons (about 0.5 cubic feet).

UVM and others promoting a test for beekeepers to identify bee colonies most likely to thrive. Dan D'Ambrosio, Burlington Free Press. Mon, April 28, ... Honey bees busy on the hive.

Roughly 300,000 robot hives are in use across the U.S., scattered across fields of almond, canola, pistachios and other crops ...

Yet bees remain as mysterious as they are important. Scientists are still figuring out how many species of them exist. Estimates vary, but they commonly range around 20,000 worldwide and 4,000 in ...

Yet bees remain as mysterious as they are important. Scientists are still figuring out how many species of them exist. Estimates vary, but they commonly range around 20,000 worldwide and 4,000 in ...

When nurse bees detected a developing bee is sick or dead, they will uncap the cell and remove the pupa to protect the rest of the hive. This is called hygienic behavior, and pheromones play an ...

To save the bees, a Kansas scientist is building an app to identify thousands of species By Celia Llopis-Jepsen KMUW/Kansas News Service July 17, 2024 4:56 AM ...

Scientists want to know how well bees are coping with habitat loss. But first, they need to be able to tell nearly identical species apart. To save the bees, a Kansas scientist is building an app ...