Honey is the sweet, sticky, delicious condiment that’s loved across the world. In 2021, the global honey industry was valued at approximately $8 billion, per Statista. Bees work overtime to produce ...

Honeybees make honey by collecting nectar, dehydrating it by fanning their wings, and sealing it in the honeycomb with wax. It takes approximately 500-600 bees visiting about two million flowers to ...

Honey is loved for its sweetness and health benefits, but is it really bee vomit? Discover how bees produce honey, why they make it, and the truth behind this popular belief.

Honey yields in the U.S. have been declining since the 1990s, with honey producers and scientists unsure why, but a new study by Penn State researchers has uncovered clues in the mystery of the ...

Bees play a vital role in pollination, which is essential to feeding a growing global population. In fact, in the United States alone, studies suggest that nearly one third of the entire food supply ...

New research revealing how honey bees can make fast and accurate decisions, which could help to design more efficient robots and autonomous machines, has been published by scientists at the University ...

Bees make honey as a long-lasting food source to survive periods when flowers do not bloom. Contrary to popular belief, honey ...

A honey bee’s life depends on it successfully harvesting nectar from flowers to make honey. Deciding which flower is most likely to offer nectar is incredibly difficult. Getting it right demands ...

Honey yields in the U.S. have been declining since the 1990s, with honey producers and scientists unsure why, but a new study by Penn State researchers has uncovered clues in the mystery of the ...

Honeybees are aggressively pushing wild pollinators away from flowers, with scientists documenting how they chase off rivals ...

This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. Honey yields in the U.S. have been declining ...