One-on-one, a western honeybee is no match for a European hornet. Up to an inch and a half long, the hornet is equipped with powerful mandibles capable of shearing smaller insects to pieces.

Are Honey Bees Native to North America? There are more than 20 subspecies of western honey bee, none of which are native to ...

Family-oriented and nest-proud, these bees will aggressively defend their hive, and they have a tendency to go all out when responding to a threat. In 1956, Brazilian geneticist Dr Warwick E Kerr ...

They carpet a crescent-shaped hive stretching almost six feet below a granite overhang. The bees are guarding gallons of a sticky, reddish fluid known as mad honey, which, thanks to its ...

By Shelby Carroll N.C. Cooperative Extension Hurricane Helene, which struck western North Carolina in late September 2024, caused unprecedented damage to the region’s agriculture. The storm’s ...

The honeybee extracts were found to be "extremely ... It accounts for 10-15% of breast cancers. On Wednesday, Western Australia's chief scientist described the research as "incredibly exciting".