MOSCOW, Idaho, Feb. 24 (UPI) --New research suggests bee hives require a certain number of bees to be successful, a threshold or "critical bee size." Under ideal ecological conditions, critical size ...

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 ...

Scientists are working to understand a baffling but vitally important puzzle: What is causing the decline of honeybees? A new mathematical model demonstrates vulnerability of hives with too few bees.

I discovered an enormous beehive packed under the eaves of a home and took you along as I safely handled the aggressive but incredibly organized bees. In this video, I show just how large the hive is ...

A basketball-size beehive estimated to house half a million bees has residents of one Texas neighborhood worried. KXAS’s Andrew Tanielian reports.Sept. 21, 2012 ...