“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 ...

Life in a honeybee colony -- Dream home for honeybees -- Scout bees' debate -- Agreement on best site -- Building a consensus -- Initiating the move to new home -- Steering the flying swarm -- Swarm ...

A swarm of bees that has assembled outside its home to conduct its house-hunting. Source: Thomas Seeley/with permission. When I retired, in 2022, I decided to write a book of short stories, arranged ...

Scientists are increasingly drawn to unmanaged colonies of this species, which use a variety of strategies to protect ...

correctionAn earlier version of this article quoted Thomas D. Seeley as saying that many honeybees commercially available for purchase by hobbyists are subpar. He was referring specifically to the ...

This population of bees has been studied for years by Tom Seeley, an emeritus professor at Cornell University and a co-author of this study. The researchers wanted to explore what might be ...

Bees are fascinating intelligent and sentient insects whose cognitive and emotional lives are currently receiving the attention they have long deserved from serious card-carrying scientists. 1 I ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — This year’s cold and flu season is bringing good news for honey bees: Penn State researchers have found that the deadly deformed wing virus (DMV) may have evolved to be less ...