Beekeeper Wes Hull points a smoker toward one of his hives, calming the bees inside by disrupting the pheromones they use to communicate. (Noah Wicks photo) Researchers say they may have found an ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: In 1957, a species of South African honey bees escaped an experimental apiary in Brazil, interbreeding with local European honey bees and creating ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when reading this story: Through hybridization, these traits where transmitted to honey bees in the Americas. The hybrids are known colloquially as “killer bees” because they ...