Active worker bumblebees were spotted in Scotland over the Christmas break.

The world’s largest hornet, an invasive breed dubbed the “murder hornet” for its dangerous sting and ability to slaughter a ...

Bees arrive at their nest in a tree cavity created and long since abandoned by a black woodpecker. For those first few days of the siege, the honeybees appeared helpless in the face of the hornet ...

Once removed the nests are double bagged, and zip tied to prevent contamination during transit. All nests are placed in a ...

Last year the National Bee Unit found and destroyed 72 Asian hornet nests Bee inspectors in the South East are battling to destroy Asian hornet nests before new queens hatch later this month.

Mirroring the mechanisms that make human faces and bodies—and those of many multicellular organisms—symmetrical, bee colonies build symmetrical nests when they are placed on either side of a ...