MOSCOW, Idaho, Feb. 24 (UPI) --New research suggests bee hives require a certain number of bees to be successful, a threshold or "critical bee size." Under ideal ecological conditions, critical size ...

Scientists are working to understand a baffling but vitally important puzzle: What is causing the decline of honeybees? A new mathematical model demonstrates vulnerability of hives with too few bees.

Honey bees are highly social creatures that live in large family groups. Each group or colony is well-organized, with three types of adult bees: a queen, worker bees, and drones. Worker bees are all ...