For generations, scientists believed a queen honeybee was made almost entirely by diet: feed an ordinary larva enough royal jelly and a ruler emerges. But new research suggests queens are created ...

For a long time, the standard account of queen-making in honeybees centered on one ingredient: royal jelly. A recent study suggests that answer was incomplete. The path to becoming queen also appears ...

Every colony of bees is overseen by a queen who produces all the colony's eggs, but what makes a queen bee a queen? For decades, biologists believed that queen bee development was a result of the ...

Study provides insight into how a honeybee queen arises Chambers are built for future queen's larval development Wax for these cells differs physically and chemically Queens also are fed nutrient-rich ...

It sounds like the plot of a medieval historical drama: A once-powerful monarch, weakened by illness, is overthrown by her previously loyal subjects. But in honey bee colonies, such high-stakes coups ...

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 ...