Smithsonian scientists reveal how pheromones produced by bee queens influence whether daughters stay to help or leave to reproduce, shedding light on social complexity in insect societies.

How to tell if you’ve been stung by a bee, how to treat it, and when to call a doctor.

Biologists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute investigated a flexible social bee species, which helps shed light ...

Female sweat bees need to make a pivotal life decision: remain in the nest to help their mother raise more offspring or leave to establish nests of their own. New research from the Smithsonian ...

The Bee Hunter of Massachusetts, a Natick-based company specializing exclusively in the control and removal of stinging insects, has released educational resources to help homeowners in Natick, Newton ...

For more than 60 years, evolutionary biologists have debated whether a unique genetic system found in ants, bees and wasps ...

One commenter said the species had "come here as an invasive species in the mid-19th century." ...

A California wildlife employee gained a tiny passenger during a field visit in the Sierra backcountry. The encounter turned ...