Brood clutches are much smaller than those of colonizing bees with a dozen or fewer egg chambers per nest. Once an egg is deposited, bees spend up to 11 months underground, developing as larvae ...

Researchers at Arizona State University, University of Maryland and Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique in France have found that adult bees use ... linked to young brood may have ...

If growers are willing to put in the time, expense and labor required to manage honey bees, which are considered ...