Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: In 1957, a species of South African honey bees escaped an experimental apiary in Brazil, interbreeding with local European honey bees and creating ...

Scientists have successfully tested a novel way of boosting honey bees' immune systems to help them fend off deadly viruses, which have contributed to the major losses of the critical pollinator ...

Their research is taking place at the University of British Columbia and it’s spearheaded by molecular biologist Professor Leonard Foster and his peer from York University in Toronto, the ...

There are roughly 100 million managed western honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in hives worldwide, with about half in Europe, Africa and western Asia, where the species is native, and the rest in ...

Beekeeping is both an art and a science. Whether you're a backyard hobbyist tending a single hive or a commercial beekeeper managing dozens of colonies, one truth remains constant , the tools you use ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: Through hybridization, these traits where transmitted to honey bees in the Americas. The hybrids are known colloquially as “killer bees” because they ...