A woman who unleashed thousands of bees on a group of deputies has been sentenced. Rebecca Woods was found guilty of four counts of simple assault and battery and two counts of reckless assault, ...

Bees are commonly imagined as insects that live in hives hanging from trees. In reality, however, about 70 percent of native bees build their nests in the ground. And, according to new research, some ...

Bees are reportedly swarming a Tennessee interstate after a truck transporting one million bees overturned and shut part of the highway down. People were being asked to avoid the area of Interstate 40 ...

When the weather gets muggy, iridescent bees shift their metallic hue. The insects are a rich blue-green when ambient humidity is low. But as the amount of moisture in the air increases, the bees turn ...

A miner haunts the East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York. It’s not the spirit of an interred workman, but Andrena regularis, also known as the regular miner bee. It’s black and tan and fuzzy, ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists at Cornell University ...

When most people stumble across a large population of bees, their first instinct is to back away and find another route. Rachel Fordyce did the opposite — and it led to a remarkable discovery. Fordyce ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla, both avid beekeeping supporters, will visit the White House-shaped hive on the South Lawn. By Michael D. Shear Reporting from Washington D.C. There’s a lot of buzz ...

The socially intelligent pollinators are a keystone species crucial to the health of ecosystems and food security across the world. Learn more about bees in National Geographic’s two-part documentary ...