The queen bee isn’t a queen in the sense that she ... royalty as the queen doesn’t necessarily need the male issue to create new life. The chromosomal material of male honeybees only comes ...

A BEEKEEPER visited a primary school in Henley as part of British Science Week.

Bees do not create honey; they are actually improving ... In the course of her lifetime, a worker bee will produce 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey. To make one pound of honey, workers in a hive ...

If you find a bumblebee which appears to be struggling, it may be that it is just resting, particularly if the bee is a queen in early spring. If you think the bee is struggling the best thing to do ...

A charity has encouraged people to knit and crochet tiny bees to mark the first Bee Lady Day in Hull and East Yorkshire. The event will be held on 13 May in memory of Jean Bishop who dressed in a ...