About 10 years ago, the news was packed with reports about something called colony collapse disorder — a mysterious phenomenon that involved the disappearance of enormous numbers of bees. Then, the ...

Researchers map the organized stages of bumblebee defense, from the first wing buzz to the final calming signals that reset ...

Bumblebees have a way of looking both adorable and slightly overserved, wobbling from flower to flower like fuzzy little ...

Honey bees survive by eating the honey they’ve stored up over the past year. Many beekeepers augment their bees’ food by ...

"The effects that we were able to measure in these animal models suggest that the actual ecological effects of plant ...

Abstract: This work addresses bi-objective hybrid flow shop scheduling problems considering consistent sublots (Bi-HFSP_CS). The objectives are to minimize the makespan and total energy consumption.

Bees, and other pollinator species, are dying. Between pesticides, the climate crisis, and habitat loss, bee colonies are ...

On Nov. 13, the Ilsey Public Library — in partnership with the Vermont Book Shop — hosted Kirk Webster for one of three ...

Researchers are exploiting the unusual hearing of wax moths to develop a sustainable and efficient pest control technique ...

Bumble bees respond to physical disturbance of their nest with a sequence of defensive behaviors that lasts up to 10 minutes, ...

A honey bee colony is a superorganism; working together as a unified entity with each bee working individually but ...

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is preparing to offer a new beekeeping short course designed to support people who want to begin or expand their beekeeping work. This three-day winter program ...