The success of the “reign” of a honey bee queen appears to be determined to a large degree by the number of times she mates with drone bees. That is what research by scientists in the Department of ...

When I want something sweet, I pull out a jar of honey made by my bee friends at Washington State University. I talked about your question with one of the insect scientists there, Rae Olsson. They ...

Though promiscuity may be risky behavior for humans, it's healthy for honeybees: Queen honeybees who indulge in sexual surfeits with multiple drones produce more disease-resistant colonies than ...