A child’s simple curiosity about why some bees live in different-looking cells has helped crack open a layer of honey bee biology that scientists had overlooked for decades. Researchers at the ...

There are multiple important tasks performed on a daily basis within a honeybee hive. Some of these activities take place in areas of the hive that bees do not normally visit. Only one type of cell ...

A honeybee crawls into a hexagonal cell of a honeycomb in a hive. A worker bee on honeycomb. The wax used to make queen cells is chemically and architecturally distinct from the wax of worker cells.

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen’s waxy abode within the hive. Worker bees perform a myriad of jobs to keep up the ...