honey bee

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You might think a honey bee foraging in your garden and a browser window running ChatGPT have nothing in common.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

The study, titled "Negative Effects of Excessive Heat on Colony Thermoregulation and Population Dynamics in Honey Bees," followed nine honey bee colonies during a particularly hot summer in Arizona.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026

Winters can be tough on managed honey bee colonies, with beekeepers in the United States reporting that one-third of their colonies die each winter.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

Despite the inhospitable nature of bee bread, the microbiome in hives consists of several bacterial and fungal species that are important to honey bee food preparation, storage, and digestion.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

The whole fabric of honey bee society depends on communication— on an innate ability to send and receive messages, to encode and decode information.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd