Mr Down, 41, moved most of the bees into a mobile hive, including the queen so that any left would follow. Mercifully, nobody was stung by the swarm - which appeared last Thursday afternoon.

Workers inside a bumblebee nest are outfitted with tracking tags. Scientists used a robotic arm to take video of the bees' behavior when exposed to a common insecticide. James Crall/Science hide ...

A repairman found a bees nest inside a broken aircon unit. Footage shows the worker removing the cover of the appliance before the elaborate insect shelter was revealed in Ayutthaya province ...

A swarm of bees briefly terrorized a California high school that had only just come back into session for the fall. Dozens of students at Palmdale High School were stung Tuesday when authorities ...

Bees tell birds to buzz off: How bumblebees steal birds' nests Date: May 28, 2013 ... The device was then hidden inside of the nest material with the bumblebee just under the upper layer of mosses.

Female ground bees dig nests in the ground up to six or so inches deep in which to raise young. The bees pile earth around the sides of the hole. These bees can be very active in March and April.

Inside the nest, the bees build a honeycomb containing thousands of cells, each of which provides an insulated microclimate for growing larvae (baby bees) or making honey.

These Thumbelina-like nests are a fascinating natural work of art, but they're also key to understanding more about how the roughly 20,000 species of bees live. "There's a demand for biologists to ...

If you notice lots of bees flying around your seldom-used backyard grill and you’re tempted to investigate, be careful. If you hear a buzzing sound coming from inside your grill, just stop. That ...

Swarm of BEES nest inside BMW while new windscreen was being fixed onto the car after the insects 'outgrew their hive' A BMW became the temporary home of a swarm of bees while it was being fixed; ...