A new study argues that a honey bee queen and her colony constitute a single superorganism whose natural life cycle conflicts ...

Without maternal care, the pathogen load of these developing bees ballooned—85% of pathogens were fungi, while 8% were bacteria—which can impact their microbiome, a critical component of bee health, ...

Most wild bees are solitary, but one tiny species of carpenter bees fastidiously cares for and raises their offspring, an act that translates into huge benefits to the developing bee's microbiome, ...