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Bee Biology and Behavior

Learn how bees function—from their anatomy and life cycle to communication, foraging, and seasonal habits. These articles explain the science behind bee behavior in a clear, approachable way for both beekeepers and curious nature lovers.

  • Macro of a honey bee worker on plant.

    What Do Honey Bees Look Like?

  • Baby bees, eggs and larva in a honey bee colony image.

    Where Are the Baby Bees? Hidden Inside the Hive Nursery

  • Bee flying over flowers soon to die when Winter comes and crocus flowers in snow.

    Why Bees Die In Winter

  • Top view of honey bee showing different colors on back.

    Honey Bee Colors

  • Two white honey bee eggs laid in cells.

    Honey Bee Eggs

  • Worker bee that has come out to forage on early spring flower.

    When do Bees Come Out?

  • Honey bees grouped on comb inside a colony.

    What is a Group of Bees Called?

  • Worker bees fanning wings to communicate

    Bees Fanning

  • Graphic of honey bee with spiracles marked on side.

    Do Bees Have Lungs?

  • Drawing of honey bee worker showing major anatomical features.

    Parts of a Bee

  • Honey bee sleeps in red flower image.

    Do Bees Sleep?

  • Honey bees inside hive exhibit cooperative behavior by fanning wings.

    Honey Bee Behavior

  • Underside of spaced honey comb showing the bee space between the comb.

    Bee Space

  • Honey bee cluster inside a beehive during a cool day.

    Honey Bee Cluster

  • Head of honey bees showing a close up of segmented antennae.

    Bee Antennae

  • Wax cups of fresh royal jelly made by bees.

    Royal Jelly from Bees

  • Honey bee on comb responds to brood pheromones for feed.

    Honey Bee Pheromones

  • Young bee larvae in wax cells.

    Honey Bee Larvae

  • Foraging Bumble Bee and Honey Bee on flowers image.

    Honey bees vs Bumble bees

  • Older worker honey bee with tattered wings due to age foraging image.

    How Long do Bees Live?

  • Mating of honey bees with large queen and male drone bee.

    How Bees Reproduce

  • Close up of face and eyes of worker bee image.

    Bee Eyes

  • Worker honey bee eats honey from a comb image.

    What do Bees Eat?

  • Numbered honey bee legs one thru six.

    Do Bees Really Have Knees?

  • Honey bees washboarding on front of a beehive image.

    Bees Washboarding

  • Pussy willow flower and honey bee collecting pollen.

    What do Bees do With Pollen?

  • Do Bees Poop?

    Do Bees Poop?

  • Honey bee and red wasp profile close up image.

    Differences Between Bees and Wasps

  • Worker bee travels distance to forage image.

    How Far do Honey Bees Travel?

  • Worker bees from Africanized or Killer Bee hive.

    Killer Bees

  • Empty beehive with only a few workers after colony absconded image.

    Absconding in Honey Bees

  • Honeybees gathered together in a hive.

    Honey Bee Characteristics

  • Bees forage for pollen on pink flower.

    Foraging Bees

  • Honey bee visits flower as night begins.

    Do Bees Fly at Night?

  • Worker bees and queen on comb with sound bars around queen.

    Queen Piping

  • Honey bee insect visiting pink flower.

    Are Bees Insects?

  • Hexagon shaped wax cells in a beehive.

    Why Honey Bees Use Hexagons

  • Honey bee drones in hive.

    Drone Congregation Areas

  • 3 bees found in a hive worker, queen and drone image.

    Different Types of Bees in a Hive

  • Honey bees see bright yellow flower centers for food.

    How Bees See Flowers

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