honey bee

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Scientists have spent years decoding the honey bee "waggle dance," a highly sophisticated form of communication.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

The findings have important implications for beekeepers and for agricultural systems that rely on honey bee pollination.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026

What sounds like the storyline of a medieval palace drama often plays out in real-life honey bee colonies.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

For this study, researchers ran simulations through a honey bee population dynamics model using climate projections for 2050 and the end of the century at 2100.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

The whole fabric of honey bee society depends on communication— on an innate ability to send and receive messages, to encode and decode information.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd