PLAN BEE: Making queens with good genetics | News
The queen bee is the “mother” of all the bees in a colony. Harry Laidlaw described the honey…
US states with highest bed bug risk revealed
If checking into your hotel is on your vacation itinerary, checking the mattress seams might be, too. A…
Worker bees help choose the next queen in bumble bee colonies
A baby bumble bee can end up on one of two very different paths. It can grow into…
Worker bees build special wax cells that may help raise healthier queens, a study finds
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build…
Millions of Bees Have Thrived Under a New York Cemetery for More Than a Century
A morning walk through East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York, uncovered an immense colony of some 5.5…
NYC’s tick, mosquito season could among worst yet: experts
There could be a serious up-tick. The Big Apple is about to be bled dry — and not…
Understanding The Evolution That Led Termite Kings And Queens To Become Strictly Monogamous » TwistedSifter
The benefits of monogamy in humans (even if it has fallen out of style recently) are easy to…
NYC lanternfly plague 2026 set to rebound after dip
What’s worse than finding a lanternfly in your Big Apple? Try millions of them. The dreaded, now-annual hatch…
How Queen Bumblebees Are (Almost) Immune to Drowning
When the temperatures drop and the frigid winter air becomes too harsh for Queen bumblebees, they retreat underground…
Everyone’s a queen: The ant species with no males or workers
Temnothorax makora ants are parasitised by the related species Temnothorax kinomurai clurarit/iNaturalist A parasitic species of ant from…
Silent Invasion: How Parasitic Queens Make Ants Kill Their Mother
Worker ants normally protect their mother, maintain the nest, and care for the larvae. Yet in a single…
Watch As This Parasitic Ant Queen Deploys a “Chemical Weapon” and Tricks Worker Ants into Killing Their Own Mother
Japanese researchers have documented the use of a “chemical weapon” in nature: parasitic ant queens that chemically trick…