A research consortium, supported by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have announced the publication of a high-quality draft genome ...

Researchers have proposed a new model for the evolution of higher brain functions and behaviors in the Hymenoptera order of insects. The team compared the Kenyon cells, a type of neuronal cell, in the ...

Kansas City beekeeper Dan Krull checks a hive at Manheim Gardens in Midtown. The hive houses an early spring swarm he captured at the Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center. The swarm is ...

New Jersey's state insect, the honey bee, is neither a native of the state nor the continent. The European honey bee was introduced into the United States back in the early 1600s and has since became ...

Tucked away in a dirt lot at the southern edge of Arizona State University’s Polytechnic Campus in Mesa, the Honey Bee Research Lab is home to wide-ranging studies into the winged insects that play a ...

A new study suggested that commercial manuka honey production in New Zealand may disrupt native insect communities by introducing large numbers of non-native honey bees. Researchers from New Zealand's ...

Dalan has created the first vaccine for honey bees that will protect against American Foulbrood. The vaccine is approved by the USDA. Female-founded insect biotech company Dalan Animal Health, Inc.

A dreadful virus is currently destroying bee populations all over the world, and its spread is being blamed on the transport and trade of bees for crop pollination. Millions of bees are being wiped ...

As a beekeeper for 24 years, as well as a Forbes columnist since 1983 and a long-time economic forecaster, I believe Steve Forbes’ comments on honey bees in his May 6 column, Fanning Unfounded Fears ...