THE aim in this series is to provide a library on the science and practice of bee culture in all its important phases. This first volume is a manual of the anatomy, both gross and minute, and a ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Their bodies have three main sections: the head, the thorax and the abdomen. The head controls eating ...

Do bees really have knees? According to artist Rose-Lynn Fisher’s new book BEE, they do. Using a scanning electron microscope, Fisher has taken 60 photographs of bee anatomy – at magnifications of up ...

“The Silence of the Bees” incorporated one tiny error. Hannah Nordhaus writes: “… microscopic tracheal mites that set up shop in a honeybee’s feeding tube ...

DURING a recent inquiry into the existing knowledge of the chemistry of bee poison, I examined also the anatomy of the bee's sting, a subject to which I venture to direct attention. It is stated, and ...

Why do bees in Massachusetts cities fare better than their rural cousins? Which bees, and bee predators, are winning via changes in climate? Which country has a national Beekeeping Day, complete with ...

David Robertson Huntingdon Valley, PennsylvaniaEditor’s Note: We regret the error. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Bee Anatomy 101. Spread the word. News ...