BOSTON – For bee researchers like May Berenbaum, 2006 was the year an international consortium of researchers published the first full sequence of the honeybee genome, offering a unique and long-sought glimpse at the biological quirks of an insect that shares a productive history with humans.

Make the transition back to the classroom easier this fall with these resources from Science NetLinks.

Thousands of bees seems like the sort of thing to inspire terror, but bee swarms are, in fact, relatively safe

This weed found in South America makes a fun plant for kids to tend.