This is not the plot of a new Game of Thrones spinoff, but a common and violent reality in honey bee colonies. As with any ...

A once-powerful monarch, weakened by illness, is overthrown by her previously loyal subjects. But in honey bee colonies, such ...

New research shows that viruses weaken honey bee queens, lowering pheromone signals and energy, causing workers to replace them.

Female honeybees follow a simple code: only the queen lays eggs. If a female worker breaks the code, the other females quickly devour her rogue eggs. The queen even releases chemical signals that ...

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