In 1957, 26 queen bees escaped a Brazilian breeding experiment and accidentally unleashed the infamous killer bees

For centuries, honey bees introduced from Europe quietly became part of life across the Americas, pollinating crops and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In the House of the Bees, Rival Queens Fight to the Death. But See How a Beehive Operates More Like a Democracy

A beehive operates more like a democracy than a monarchy. In fact, US bee researcher Thomas D. Seeley describes a colony’s social structure as a ‘bee democracy’, where many decisions are made ...

Brazilian scientist who defied a dictatorship bought 63 African queen bees in 1956; a year later, 26 escaped and became one of America's most notorious invasive insects

Twenty-six African queen honey bees escaped a Brazilian apiary in 1957, beginning a continental spread. These bees, known as ...
Modern Ghana

Volta Region: GNFS relocates bee swarm after attack on student and teacher at Vakpo Sec-Tech

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has safely relocated a bee swarm from Vakpo Secondary Technical School in the North ...
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Late ’70s movies famous for being downright bad

The late 1970s gave us some of the greatest movies ever made, but it also produced its fair share of […] ...