For decades, people have repeated a peculiar claim: that honeybees (and especially bumblebees) shouldn't be able to fly. According to conventional aerodynamic models, their chunky bodies and ...

Have you even wondered how bees manage to fly with their large bodies and tiny wings? Learn how bees take flight despite their odd proportions! For more FREE teacher resources from the Smithsonian’s ...

French entomologists studied and calculated the aerodynamics of honeybee flight in 1934 and concluded that it was impossible for a bee to fly. No one bothered to tell the bees, however and therefore ...

FRESNO, Calif. — Scientists say they have found a possible explanation for a honey bee die-off that has decimated hives around the world: A parasitic fly that hijacks the bees' bodies and causes them ...

It builds on the team's previous research into how bees use active vision—the process where their movements help them collect and process visual information. While their earlier work observed how bees ...

Bees are amazing highly intelligent, very likely sentient, and emotional animals. Bee expert Dr. Mathieu Lihoreau's new book titled What Do Bees Think About? is an eye-opening and mind-expanding ...