Bumblebees host many different parasites whose larvae grow inside their living bodies. They most commonly host flies, starting when an adult fly attaches to a bee midflight and inserts her egg, which ...

But the Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee (Bombus suckleyi ... The invading reproductive female then begins to lay her own larvae and uses pheromones to direct the workers to feed and raise her ...

“Female cuckoo bumble bees invade host bumble bee nests where they will often eliminate the host queen, destroy host eggs, and eject host larvae from the nest,” the FWS reported. All of which ...

It was engineered to prevent fatalities from American foulbrood disease, a bacterial condition known to weaken colonies by attacking bee larvae. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved a ...

AFB is caused by bacteria that infect young bee larvae, which then spreads through the hive leading to the death of the colony. John Canning, from the Cleveland Beekeepers Association, said once ...