Social bees, also called “eusocial,” live in colonies and have one central nest or hive. These sites primarily house a queen and the female workers. The female workers and male bees ...

Are bees merely part of a colony, or do they have individual personalities? A study reveals that honeybees significantly ...

Researchers discovered that not only do bees differ in their readiness to sting, but their personalities remain consistent.

Of the more than 20,000 bee species in the world, 70% nest in the ground. And like many of their counterparts that nest above ...

In general, bees live one of two ways: as a social bee in a collective hive, or solitarily. Hives have a single queen and each individual has a specific task. Solitary bees build their own nest, and ...