Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Worker bees can alter the future of the colony's larvae. The key to this selection process lies in the juvenile hormone. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Penn State study finds worker bees help turn larvae into future queens by passing juvenile hormone in food. (CREDIT: Dmitry ...

In the intricate world of honeybee colonies, the survival of the hive hinges on the health and productivity of the queen bee. However, if the worker bees detect any signs of weakness in their queen, ...

When the results of Canada's national honey bee colony loss survey were published in July 2025, they came as no surprise. According to the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists, an ...

June 10 (Reuters) - Honeybee queens come from the same ordinary fertilized female eggs as worker bees. So how does one bee become a queen - with the responsibility of serving as the colony's only baby ...

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A baby bumble bee can end up on one of two very different paths. It can grow into a small worker that never reproduces, or become a large future queen built to survive winter and start a colony of her ...