On the Hunt: Honeybee Scouts Find Food
Bees Know Their Numbers
A honeybee (Apis mellifera) forages for pollen on a daisy-like flower in a cultivated garden on a winter day in Africa.
Bees Do the Wave to Save Their Lives
Giant honeybees, native to Asia, can be twice the size of Western honeybees. This species performs a shimmering wave to ward off predatory wasps.
Busy as Bees: Reproductive Chaos after Queen's Death
This nest of Asian dwarf red honeybees is built as a single comb from a twig, making it accessible to invading workers from other colonies once the queen dies.
Fly larvae comes out of honeybee
An A. borealis larvae crawls out of a dead honeybee.
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Jennifer Welsh is a Connecticut-based science writer and editor and a regular contributor to Live Science. She also has several years of bench work in cancer research and anti-viral drug discovery under her belt. She has previously written for Science News, VerywellHealth, The Scientist, Discover Magazine, WIRED Science, and Business Insider.
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