Washington State University entomologists announced this week that commercial honey bee colony losses are projected to reach between 60% and 70% in 2025.

“It’s been somewhat overlooked that one of the consequences of social cooperation is big colonies, which are prime conditions for pathogens,” said Bernard ...

A recent survey found an average loss of 62% of bee colonies among commercial operations in less than a year. Causes and solutions remain unknown.

It is a very small insect with six legs and two antennae ... Pharaoh ants live in large colonies with many nests, and some colonies have multiple queens and thousands of workers.

Small insects are often caught directly in the mouth ... In May or June the females congregate in large colonies and give birth. Most species bear only a single young per litter, but others may have ...

Bezos calls them O'Neill colonies. After American physicist Gerard Kitchen O'Neill who first developed the idea. Jeff Bezos: These are very large structures. Miles on end and can hold a millions ...