Did you know there are 1,600 bee species native to California, and that we might have 200 species or more visiting our ...

The late-summer bloom of heather in the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland coats the range in lovely purple flowers. Beekeepers ...

Bumblebee guards are actually pretty casual about sterile intruders. They’ll spend a little extra time examining them with ...

Bumble bees respond to physical disturbance of their nest with a sequence of defensive behaviors that lasts up to 10 minutes, ...

Explore the fascinating process behind a honeybee sting, from the ratcheting motion of its barbed stinger to the dramatic ...

A retired police officer, Atar Singh, 62, succumbed to injuries after being attacked by a swarm of bees while irrigating ...

Insect bites differ from insect stings. A bite is when an insect (like a mosquito, flea, or bedbug) uses its mouth to break a person’s skin, usually so it can feed. Insect bites usually itch. A sting ...

A 54-year-old woman and her father died after she crashed her truck into a beehive near the side of a dirt road in Brazil Following the accident, the woman’s parents rushed to the scene to help when ...

Texas is among the hottest states in America. And where there’s heat, there’s insects. Wasps are no exception. If you’ve ever been stung by a wasp, the first whir of a buzz may send you running inside ...

At first glance, wasp and hornet nests look a lot alike. Both may hang from eaves, tree branches, or other sheltered spots, and both belong to stinging insects you definitely want to avoid. But the ...

In a high-energy showdown at Thunder Ridge High School, the Bonneville Bees rallied in the second half to defeat the Titans 24-17. Thunder Ridge jumped out a 10-0 lead by halftime, but the Bees came ...

The first sting hit my leg before I even reached the hive. I should have taken the hint. Instead, I went back inside, pulled on a hoodie under my bee jacket and returned to finish treating my bees for ...