About 35% of the world’s food crops rely on bees, making their decline one of the most urgent threats to human survival. It’s easy to swat at a bee buzzing near your picnic, but that tiny insect is ...

Honey bees must make it back to their hives before dusk to avoid individual bees becoming lost or exposed to nighttime dangers. Forager bees sleep overnight so that they are ready to work the ...

Bees rely on sunlight and polarized light to navigate, making nighttime flight dangerous and often impossible for honey bees.