Defying gravity: A special mixture of proteins in the larval food of bees ensures that future queen larvae survive. Surprisingly this has less to do with nourishment than with gravity. The special ...

Royal jelly contains a molecule that promotes wound healing. But don't rush to the local natural remedy store quite yet. Honey and other bee products have a life-giving, almost mystical quality ...

It seems you really are what you eat - if you're a bee. Queen bees live 40 times longer than their workers thanks to a miraculous nutrient in the milky liquid that makes up their whole diet. Their ...

In honeybee society, the monarch doesn’t break bread with the plebes. Even as a larva, the queen bee gets the exact same specially prepared dish delivered to her regularly by “nurse” bees, and in time ...