Resistance to synthetic antibiotics poses a critical global health challenge. Various European honeybee and other natural ...

The most famous packing problem concerns spheres. In 1611, the astronomer Johannes Kepler proposed that the densest way to ...

As the sun breaks through the clouds on the first truly warm day after a long winter, something spectacular happens in the ...

Mahoning and Columbiana counties each have about 200 colonies of bees at about 100 locations, known as apiaries, according to ...

Deadly bees and wasp-like relatives, armed with potent stings and aggressive behaviors, pose significant threats worldwide.

If you’re allergic, always carry an epi-pen. Yellow jackets have stripes that often cause them to be confused with honey bees, although bees tend to be rounder in appearance. Unlike bees ...

Unlike yellow jackets, bald-faced hornets and paper wasps, bees do not die in the winter, and typically stay alive by staying inside their hive and feeding on honey created throughout the year.

Robbing, a process in which wild bees and yellow jackets attack a hive to get honey, is a factor, as often honey bee colonies aren’t able to defend against the intruders. The mysterious Colony ...

The animals are seldom deterred by bee stings. “I got lucky this year and had a 100% survival rate, I’m very thankful” said Lauren Doninger of Yellow House Honey in Hamden. “I know others ...

The massive flooding that swept away roads and towns also uprooted the underground nests of yellow jackets, bees and other stinging insects. That has triggered a surge in swarms that attack and ...

Deadly flooding from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina has disrupted the underground nests of yellow jackets, bees and other insects, causing them to swarm and sting people struggling to ...