When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the ...

In the intricate world of honeybee colonies, the survival of the hive hinges on the health and productivity of the queen bee.

Discover how ant queens of Messor ibericus produce drones of two species, revealing unique reproductive strategies and cloning phenomena.

Queen bees and ants emit a chemical that alters the DNA of their daughters and keeps them as sterile and industrious workers, scientists have found. The team found evidence that workers exposed to ...

Worker bees, wasps and ants are often considered neuter. But in many species they are females with ovaries, who although unable to mate, can lay unfertilized eggs which turn into males if reared. For ...