Scientists have long believed the key to making a young honeybee into a queen was to feed her royal jelly. Royal jelly is a ...

For decades, scientists thought royal jelly was the secret ingredient that turned an ordinary honeybee larva into a queen.

"You can think of it as something like Buckingham Palace." ...

Every spring, Canadian beekeepers await the arrival of queen bees crucial to their industry. The queens that populate Canadian bee colonies through the season largely do not come from Canada at all.

Keeping queen bees chilled in indoor refrigeration units can make the practice of "queen banking"—storing excess queens in the spring to supplement hives in the fall—more stable and less ...

What is the difference between male and female bees? Male bees are called drones. Female bees are called workers, and they ...

But scientists have found that queen honeybees also have special attendants who construct heated nurseries to keep them warm, safe and nourished as they grow. It was previously thought queens only ...

Every spring, Canadian beekeepers await the arrival of queen bees crucial to their industry. The queens that populate Canadian bee colonies through the season largely do not come from Canada at all.