The bee, says Dr. Max Renner of the University of Munich, has a built-in time sense that ticks away, independent of all “environmental factors.” To prove his point, Dr. Renner completed this week the ...

In a new book, Bees (Cornell University Press; $3), Professor Karl von Frisch of the University of Munich sets out to improve on Poet Isaac Watts’s description. In each hive commune, says Dr. von ...

They’re busy, they’re buzzing, and sometimes belligerent. We’re flexing our “hive mind” muscles and flying into the world of bees. * The importance of these little insects -- some thousands of species ...

Few pollinators have the charisma of bees, so much so that the phrase “save the bees” has become a calling card for those who consider themselves ecologically-conscious. There are more than 21,000 ...

Researchers have created a system to help beekeepers monitor and analyze the health of their beehives and take corrective actions to prevent colony collapse -- when a majority of the worker bees ...

Tens of millions of bees are likely being killed each day by vehicles — and that’s just in the western United States, a new study finds. Roads are a double-edged sword for pollinators, says ...

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