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Honey bees are incredibly social insects. They live together in big groups with other bees in an organized society that scientists call eusocial, which means every bee has a job to do. This could be ...

A new study reveals that honeybee dance “styles” sway food foraging success. As far as animals go, honey bees are world-class dancers. The bees’ moves, known as the “waggle” dance, convey very ...

A new study demonstrates that honeybees can evaluate the reliability of their own communication, actively adjusting the vigor of their "waggle dance" based on the truthfulness of the information they ...

Social insects like bees demonstrate a remarkable range of behaviors, from working together to build structurally complex nests (complete with built-in climate control) to the pragmatic division of ...

Dance like nobody’s watching? Not quite, at least not for honey bees. In recent years, scientists have carefully deciphered details of the honey bee “waggle dance,” which is an advanced form of social ...

Researchers are using big data and smart technologies to improve conditions for bees and guide beekeepers. With an electronic "ping," Professor Dirk de Graaf gets an alert on his smartphone. It's a ...

WHEN Karl von Frisch decoded the secret language of bees in 1946, even he couldn’t quite believe what he had found. Was it really possible for a creature with a brain smaller than a pinhead to do ...

Bees are among the most important insects on Earth – vital pollinators of our crops and significant contributors to human societies for thousands of years. While visiting various plants, bees need to ...

Bees are among the most important insects on Earth—vital pollinators of our crops and significant contributors to human societies for thousands of years. While visiting various plants, bees need to ...