Nurtured with food bearing a slightly higher sugar content, queen bees are slightly larger than worker bees. Being the Queen During the mating flight several drones will deposit upwards of 90 ...

Get the buzz with amazing honey bee facts. Get answers to frequently asked questions about these honey producing pollinators.

The cuckoo queen bee then lays her own eggs and gains control of the host colony’s worker bees, who continue collecting pollen and nectar to feed the cuckoo queen’s offspring. Western bumblebees, the ...

After overwintering, Seibel said, a queen bee becomes active, laying between 1,000 and 1,500 eggs per day. Those eggs can grow into new worker bees in about 21 days, or prospective queen bees in ...

Enter royal jelly -- the nutrient-rich substance made by worker bees that's prized for its potential health benefits and unique role in nurturing queen bees. Royal jelly is an edible milky ...

It’s estimated that roughly 90% of the world’s plants depend on bees’ survival. Bees are the world’s most significant pollinators and are vital to our ecosystem. These tiny insects excel as a colony, ...

It currently comes in three versions: Silver (£93 for 60ml) made from worker bee venom, Black (£184 for 60ml), which includes African bee venom, and Gold (£370), containing queen bee venom so ...

Poppies are often short-lived perennial plants but can grow to over a meter tall with flowers up to 15 centimetres across.

The Pikeville Rotary Club welcomed a local beekeeper as its guest speaker Mar. 19 who talked about the critical role of ...

The cuckoo queen bee then lays her own eggs and gains control of the host colony’s worker bees, who continue collecting pollen and nectar to feed the cuckoo queen’s offspring. Western bumblebees, the ...