I didn’t want to believe it. Why would they go to the cherry factory?' Cerise Mayo, who harvested bees in Red Hook and on Governor's Island, told The New York Times in 2010. A sample was ...

The discovery of the red dwarf bee colony serves as a wake-up call for increased vigilance and monitoring efforts, particularly in entry ports where bee swarms can hitch rides on ships.

While bees cannot recognize the color red, they do see ultraviolet colors. Unlike the stingers in wasps, the honeybee's stinger is barbed. Once the stinger pierces a mammal's soft skin ...