While bees cannot recognize the color red, they do see ultraviolet colors ... While workers select which fertilized eggs to brood in queen or worker cells, the queen decides the sex of her ...

Brood clutches are much smaller than those of colonizing bees with a dozen or fewer egg ... Bees are 1/4 to 1/2 inch long and variable in color (mostly shiny metallic or dark, but some with ...

Millions of buzzing cicadas are expected to emerge this spring. We profile these noisy but harmless insects and map their ...

The increase in pollen collecting behavior linked to young brood may have implications for bee keepers and agricultural crops. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy ...