If you look closely at a flower early in the morning, you might spot a bee tucked inside, barely moving. It is not stuck. Some bees rest or sleep in flowers, using them like tiny bedrooms. Some bees ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The weekend is almost here, and with the snow starting to clear up, you might be looking to get out. Check out the 4 things we have picked out for you. If you’re someone who ...

A common question is what do the bees do in this cold, icy weather? For the last several thousand years, bees have evolved to go inside their hive when temperatures drop below the mid-50s, forming a ...

Honey bees must make it back to their hives before dusk to avoid individual bees becoming lost or exposed to nighttime dangers. Forager bees sleep overnight so that they are ready to work the ...

Discovering California accidentally overpaid you might initially seem like a good thing, but government employees should know that one way or the other the state always comes looking for that money.

Scientists studying a Caribbean island cave have unearthed something unexpected: ancient bees very much unlike the hive-dwelling insects we’re most familiar with. For the first time ever, ...

We’re currently dealing with winter conditions, but to warm us up, I thought I’d cover something we observe, but may not fully understand, in spring, summer, and fall: why do bees visit flowers? Much ...

No one understands “the girls” quite like Nicholas Bard. They speak to him with the hum of their wings. They bump into — but never sting — him if he’s in their way. And sometimes, the 10-year-old ...

A few years ago, wild bee ecologist Kit Prendergast was searching for pollinators of an endangered wildflower when she spotted a strange bee. “I discovered the species while surveying a rare plant in ...

Honey bees are incredibly social insects. They live together in big groups with other bees in an organized society that scientists call eusocial, which means every bee has a job to do. This could be ...