Why queen honey bees don’t have ‘pollen basket’ legs

Scientists have figured out how a single gene in honey bees separates the queens from the workers. A team of researchers unraveled the gene’s inner workings and report the results in the current issue of Biology Letters. The gene, which is responsible for leg and wing...

Beekeeping more than a hobby for educator

Dr. Danny Girton has been keeping honey bees full time for five years. After a full life in both the military and civilian worlds as an air traffic controller, pilot and physician, he returned to the passion of his youth — as he puts it, “the little creatures.”...