Honey bees are highly social creatures that live in large family groups. Each group or colony is well-organized, with three types of adult bees: a queen, worker bees, and drones. Worker bees are all ...

Cold snaps and varroa mites made winter tough for bees. Spring hive checks show how Delaware colonies are rebounding or ...

State officials have made the first known detection in Alaska of the small hive beetle, an "economically significant" pest of honey bees, according to an alert published in late September. An Alaska ...