honey bee

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"There is currently no treatment for viruses in honey bee colonies, but now that we better understand their impact, we can change the way we manage varroa to give the queen a better chance."

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

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

The past attempts of honey bee researchers to inventory the fungal diversity in honey bee colonies revealed that Aspergillus flavus is frequently found in hives.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

More research is needed to unravel how the stressors are interacting and impacting honey bee mortality and colony health going forward, says French.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 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