In 1839, a disputed border between Missouri and the Iowa Territory ignited what became known as the Honey War. We trace how a flawed resurvey shifted the line up to 13 miles north, how tax collectors ...

The world has far more bees than anyone realized. Scientists have, for the first time, estimated just how many species of ...

It’s a question that has sparked the curiosity of scholars and bee lovers for decades: how many species of bees are there in the world? This might, at first, seem like a silly question. But it is a ...

When the bee-fly's parasitic maggots hatch, they will suck the life out of the hapless bee grubs. Gruesome stuff. In the meantime, the adult bee-flies are entertaining to watch as they dart between ...