Late spring is swarm season — the time of year when bees reproduce and find new places to build hives. Swarms of bees leave the nest and zoom through the air, hovering on trees, fences and houses, ...

Christian W. W. Pirk received funding from University of Pretoria and the National Research Foundation of South Africa. Honey bees are useful not only to humans but to other “free riders” attracted to ...

A swarm of bees caused a buzz in New York City's bustling Times Square after tens of thousands of them crowded onto a blue and yellow umbrella over a hot dog cart Tuesday around noon. But what exactly ...