The queen bee isn’t a queen in the sense that ... But here's where things get weird – honey bee eggs can become baby bees even without a male's chromosomal contribution. The difference is ...

A ban on the importation of queen bees from interstate means that more and more Tasmanian beekeepers will use artificial ...

Tasmania's largest apiary has begun artificially inseminating queen bees in a bid to safeguard against the arrival of varroa mite into the island state. A Tasmanian ban on the importation of ...