A Reinforcement-Learning System Lets Three Nature-Inspired Algorithms Cooperate to Tackle Difficult Optimization Problems Many of the hardest problems in engineering and computing share an apparently ...

Queen bees have a disturbing way to survive pesticides Honeybee queens may survive pesticide exposure by passing the toxic burden into their eggs, a hidden defense that could come at a cost to the ...

It's astounding how little we know about the positive effects solar panels can have on local environments. For example, Minnesota solar farms are having an unexpected effect on local insect ...

From searching disaster zones and responding to chemical spills to monitoring fragile ecosystems, future robot swarms may have to act in places where direct human control is difficult or dangerous. To ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (RFD News) — U.S. honey bee colony numbers increased entering 2026, but heavy losses and widespread health stress continue challenging commercial beekeepers. USDA’s National ...

Witness the life cycle of bees with the book “Diary of a Honey Bee” A bee on ‘capped’ honeycombs. The more honey there is in the nest, the more aggressively the bees will defend it. Credit: Brian ...

Researchers found that specific brain circuits help decide which jobs bees perform as they age. When those circuits were switched off, older worker bees began caring for the queen again instead of ...

Massachusetts is home to more than 40,000 honey bee colonies. One of them is set in a small field outside Norfolk’s Pondville Correctional Center. The bees live and work in three hives under the care ...

What determines which tasks bees perform in their colony? Biologists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the universities in Cologne and Frankfurt/Main have investigated the role ...

As yellow-legged hornets spread through South Carolina’s Lowcountry region, threatening the local honey crop, a state team of bee defenders is racing to the rescue. A yellow-legged hornet nest in ...

As domestic honey production falls, the U.S. is relying more heavily on imported honey while beekeepers struggle to replace lost colonies. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two ...

On World Bee Day, one of the most incredible facts about honeybees is that entire colonies can make massive group decisions without any leader directing them. When a swarm of more than 10,000 bees ...