Hymenoptera

Short-haired bumblebees are being re-introduced to the UK after having disappeared for nearly 25 years.

By tending to infected nestmates, ants protect the entire colony from disease.

Their venom can turn other insects into zombies, and a group of scientists wants to harness that power  ? perhaps for an alternative to agrochemicals or a way to slow insect-borne disease.

Bees’ dancing shows scientists the secrets of making the Internet better.

Most people probably aren’t aware that the honeybee is not native to the United States. But we do have about 4,000 native species of bees. And a group of researchers is out to convince farmers that providing habitat for them would reap economic benefit. Robin White reports from northern California.