Using a scientific name for your bee might sound intimidating at first ... or simply makes you chuckle every time you call ...

If you’ve walked outside and heard a buzzing noise, bees are likely visiting your home to enjoy the surrounding plants and flowers. The two most common types of bees are carpenter bees and ...

This story appears in the February 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The White House is buzzing—with bees. Beekeeper Charlie Brandts has tended several colonies since 2009, when then ...

Staff photos / Bob Coupland Howland resident Scott Lealand, president of the Trumbull County Beekeepers Association, shows bees in one of his 25 hives in Southington. He said people who see swarms ...

Bees buzzing nearby may startle you. And underwater critters might make you shuffle away. But as part of their work at Duke, staff and faculty embrace creepy crawlies, small creatures such as insects ...

As strange as it sounds, elephants are afraid of bees and the buzz of beehives. The Railways included nearly 50 amplifying speaker systems that produce sound of honey bees to keep wild elephants away.