WASHINGTON – Bees are excellent dancers. When a forager bee alights upon an Eden of pollen and nectar, it goes home to tell its hive mates. The greater the intensity of the dance, the richer … ...

Worker bees become foragers only at the very end of their lives, after making their way through a list prescribed tasks from feeding brood to ventilating the nest. The forager in this photo is ...

Make a beeline for: The 1908 Davenport Daily Ledger reported that Gustav Stengel, Sr. of Rock Island, was thrown from his sleigh when his horse became frightened, turned abruptly and made a beeline ...

The bee is one of nature’s most prolific pollinators. There are over 20,000 bee species, most of which spread pollen between flowers. Bees can be divided into groups based on their social behavior.

So, as the forager bee ventures into the blossom to extract the nectar, she brushes up against the anther and some ripe pollen grains attach themselves to her body.

Then, there are nocturnal bees, such as Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) texana, or the sweat bee, that can fly during full moons and half moons, the site BuzzAboutBees.Net says.

Nor did I fly, from bee farm to bee farm, around the world to meet beekeepers and their honey bees. Still, I did go out into the field like a forager bee, and it was my day to meet Italian and ...