Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Penn State study finds worker bees help turn larvae into future queens by passing juvenile hormone in food. (CREDIT: Dmitry ...

A queen bee's life begins with one of the most dramatic battles in the insect world, where only a single ruler can survive. Discover how worker bees raise future queens, what makes them different from ...

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What is the difference between male and female bees? Male bees are called drones. Female bees are called workers, and they ...

Labor Day honors workers. And with good reason, indeed for more reasons that many people consider: Ever more is expected of the worker bee. Often with the Damoclean sword above their heads, they’re ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Worker bees can alter the future of the colony's larvae. The key to this selection process lies in the juvenile hormone. This ...

A baby bumble bee can end up on one of two very different paths. It can grow into a small worker that never reproduces, or become a large future queen built to survive winter and start a colony of her ...