“Human beings and honey bees are almost the same word.” According to Prof. Thomas Seeley, the Horace White Professor in Biology Emeritus, in addition to these phonetic similarities, honey bees also ...

In this image from "Wild Honey Bees," worker bees in Germany load up with water that they'll use to cool their colony’s nest on a hot day. (Ingo Arndt Photography/Reprinted by permission of Princeton ...

As a child, I regarded bees as a threat, fearing their stings. As an adult gardener, I’ve moved on to value and admire bees because of the role they play as pollinators, both of food crops and of ...

A HIVE OF BEES (180 pp.)—John Crompton—Doubleday ($3.75). The busy little bee that improves each shining hour is a slouch compared to a great many natural-history writers. Such a one is Britain’s John ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A family has turned nature’s gift into a business. It was a book Samantha Gordon says started her love and piqued her curiosity for bees. She then traded that book in for her first ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Honey bees are a vital part of our ecosystem, responsible for pollinating 80% of all flowering plants, including more than 130 fruits and vegetables. While foraging for nectar ...