Roger Burns of Pembrokeshire Beekeepers then says the car’s owner returned and drove away with the queen unknowingly trapped in the back, resulting in the swarm taking up the chase – even being spotted on the car’s boot the next day. To read the full…

Jennifer Hacket, from Scientific American interviews University of Arizona entomologist Justin Schmidt. Schmidt has just published a book called The Sting of the Wild, where he chronicles and categorizes the stings of various insects. Check out Ms. Hacket’s interview, and buy Mr. Schmidt’s book. I…

The results, published online in the journal Apidologie on April 20, 2016, provide an important five-year baseline against which to track future trends. Key findings show that the varroa mite, a major honey bee pest, is far more abundant than previous estimates indicated and is…