Bees are distinctive for their black and yellow coloring, but did you know some species are blue? The blue-banded bee is a ...

Of the 100 crop species that provide 90 percent of the world’s food, more than 70 percent of them are pollinated by bees. Nuts, fruits and even root vegetables; they’re all here thanks to bees. Bees ...

Bees navigate long distances without satellites, digital maps, or external guidance. By reading patterns ...

Contrary to the behavior of certain other insects, bees don’t actually fly once it’s dark, according to this trending ...

Brooklyn’s pedestrian plazas will be quite literally buzzing with activity this spring as the city expands The Pollinator Port Project, a program to offer refuge to local bees and other pollinators.

Bees navigate their surroundings with astonishing precision. Their brains are now inspiring the design of tiny, low-power chips that could one day guide miniature robots and sensors.

The massive use of insecticides across the world by farmers greatly affected bee population in the past decades. Many of the world's crops are pollinated by insects but bees are often regarded to have ...

There are nearly 1 million insect species that can be found across the globe, according to the Smithsonian. With this many creepy crawlers roaming around, there's a chance some can be in your backyard ...

Millions of years ago, bees evolved from meat-munching wasps, but little is known about their transition from carnivorous insect to flower-seeking pollen-eater. A newly discovered fossilized bee, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (CBS Local)-- If you see a huge insect attacking a bee or a wasp this summer, you've probably stumbled upon a bee panther. Also known as the red-footed cannibalfly, the bee panther is ...