Once bees develop a taste for caffeine, they’ll do just about anything to get a fix. “The effect of caffeine is akin to drugging, where the honey bees are tricked into valuing the forage as a higher ...

Bees that have been exposed to nicotine make very bad decisions that are not in their own self-interest, according to new research. Nicotine is produced naturally by some plants that use insect ...

Neonicotinoids are common pesticides that target the same mechanisms in insect brains that are affected by nicotine in our brains. And according to a new field experiment, neonicotinoids are harmful ...

It’s called nectar robbing: Bees get nectar, but don’t pollinate the plants in exchange. With their short tongues, Valley carpenter bees can’t easily drink the nectar from tubular flowers. So they use ...

Honey bees carrying nectar have the remarkable ability to adjust their flight behavior to avoid overheating when air temperatures increase, according to research led by a University of Wyoming ...

Researchers from KU Leuven have discovered that the presence of yeasts can alter the chemical composition and thus the nutritional value of nectar for pollinators such as bees. The study discovered ...

Bees are attracted to nectar containing common pesticides, scientists at Newcastle University and Trinity College Dublin have discovered. Previous studies suggested exposure of this kind can affect ...