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Every summer, 1,000 virgin queens descend on the Belgian town of Chimay. During the “wedding flight”, a male attaches to the female. His endophallus (penis equivalent)…

In a growing number of workplaces, the soundtrack of the lunch break is no longer the rustle of sandwiches at a desk, but the quiet hum…

Stingless bees from the Amazon have become the first insects to be granted legal rights anywhere in the world, in a breakthrough supporters hope will be…

December 16, 20252 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmAncient Bees Burrowed Inside Bones, Fossils RevealBones of now extinct species became a haven for bee babies…

The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly…

Off the coast of Tuscany is a tiny island in the shape of a crescent moon. An hour from mainland Italy, Giannutri has just two beaches…

A Canadian beekeeper has described fending off thousands of “robber bees” as they raided her shop in a brazen attempt to steal honey.Christine McDonald, who owns…

Following the Perth Bears, the next franchise to join the National Rugby League competition may just be the PNG Boars. Or will it be the Hunters,…

As a child, I was allergic to bees. Just one sting on my fingertip could swell my whole arm. I was allergic to most things –…

Animation of the same plastic spheres disappearing one at a time. A holy grail in pure mathematics is sphere packing in higher dimensions. Almost nothing has…