The brilliant colors of flowers help target their areas of nectar, which honey bees perceive through ultraviolet light. Special pigments absorb UV light and paint a bullseye in the center...

Did you know that nectar can dry up during the summer, too? Known as “dearth periods,” the absence of ready food sources during months when bees are able to work...

Maybe we’re biased, but we think all bees are pretty darn cute. Pollen-covered honey bees anyone? Teeny-tiny sweat bees? Round, floofy bumblebees? But there’s a new bee on the block...