They go all in. Specialized glands produce elaborate waxy filaments, tufts, and plumes that extend beyond the insect’s body, forming dramatic shapes. The wax decorations serve several purposes. Most ...

Wax artist: The most distinguishable part of a hive is the honeycomb. Honeycomb is created by worker bees through their wax glands, which secrete the wax that they then mold into honeycomb.

Wax artist: The most distinguishable part of a hive is the honeycomb. Honeycomb is created by worker bees through their wax glands, which secrete the wax that they then mold into honeycomb. Nurse bee: ...

Dr. Tammy Horn Potter sampling some of the bees’ work. (Photo by Jessica Mayes) Former state apiarist for Kentucky, Dr. Tammy Horn Potter, has spent much of her life around the craft of ...

A study on the possible degradation of amitraz, bromopropylate, coumaphos, chlordimeform, cymiazole, flumethrin, and tau-fluvalinate during the storage of honey was carried out by HPLC. Except amitraz ...

Some adult eusocial bees have a pair of cephalic salivary glands (CSG) in addition to the thoracic labial or salivary gland pairs. This paper deals with variations in morphological features and ...