Honey bees in areas of Asia where the Asian giant hornet – the murder hornet – is a native species have been observed building defenses from animal feces around the entrances to their hives.

Researchers discovered honeybees in Vietnam collect and apply animal dung around hive entrances to deter deadly nest raids by giant hornets. This finding is the first to document the use of tools by ...

Raina Singhvi Jain is allergic to honeybees. Just one sting on her foot once rendered her out of commission for weeks. But that has not deterred the 20-year-old social entrepreneur from her mission to ...

Asian honey bees alert each other with a specific sound — similar to the screams of mammals or birds — when giant hornets threaten their lives and hives, according to new research. The "antipredator ...