When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And honey bees have queens, a female who lays essentially all of the eggs for the colony. But most ...

SEATTLE — They rule the roost and are key to strengthening the honey bee population in the face of climate change. So who’s got the guts to tell these queens to chill out? Enter Brandon Hopkins an ...

While studying the pollinator feeding frenzy this time of year, look closely and you might be lucky enough to spot a new bumblebee queen. The new queens (also known as gynes) have emerged from the ...

When I want something sweet, I pull out a jar of honey made by my bee friends at Washington State University. I talked about your question with one of the insect scientists there, Rae Olsson. They ...