Tiny radio tags reveal the lives of Neotropical stingless bees
These bees are small, but the tags are smaller
Six lifestyle tips from parasitic bees
Here's the guide you didn't know you needed to being a successful cuckoo bee
Polistes fuscatus from Virginia with brilliant red and yellow concentric abdominal spots
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Paper wasps can recognize each other's faces, some broods more than others
A new brood of wasps in Pennsylvania lacks the species's distinctive facial markings and recognition
Working-class ants take the reins when the Indian jumping ant queen dies
This transition fundamentally changes their brains
Nectar robbery by short-tongued bees is throwing off delicate pollination cycles
Nectar-robbing by bees leads to fewer visits by other pollinating insects, impacting flower reproductive success
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Glowing worms have less sex when the lights are on
Artificial lighting makes it harder for bioluminescent insects to find mates
Some black widow spiders choose mates carefully — others just eat them
New research explores why some female spiders are pickier mates than others
Sick bees social distance, but only within their own colony
Bees from other colonies accepted infected bees with open arms where they usually would be rejected.
Native bees are better for the environment and altogether cooler than honey bees
Celebrate native bees for World Bee Day, not imported honey bees
Finally, proof that honeybees are bullies
New research finds that honeybees might push smaller bees off the nectar motherlode
Pheromones and social lives are becoming a liability for insects in changing climates
Animals that live in cooperative societies share traits that may make them vulnerable to change, and humans may struggle in their absence