News Senior bees up all night caring for larvae By Susan Milius April 25, 2001 at 8:14 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Print (Opens in new window) Print A bleary mom staggering into the nursery at 2 a.m. can tell her troubles to the A forager honeybee can return to the arrhythmic life of round-the-clock infant care. USDA honeybees. Foraging worker bees are the first insects known to have a social trigger radically change their biological rhythm, report Guy Bloch and Gene Robinson of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.