Stingless bees have pollinated the Amazon for 80 million years. Now, they’re the first insect in the world to be granted ...
Two local ordinances granted rights to at least 175 stingless bee species in Peru, which are culturally and spiritually ...
Learn how stingless bees quietly sustain Amazonian forests — and how a new law is changing what happens when they’re harmed.
Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’ ...
Resource overlap between wild bees and honeybees on Giannutri Island. Credit: Current Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.02.048 Researchers from the University of Florence and University of Pisa ...
Urban wild bees carry microbial signatures in their guts that reveal stresses of city living, from limited food to pollution ...
A new method of examining gene expression patterns called landscape transcriptomics may help pinpoint what causes bumble bees stress and could eventually give insight into why bee populations are ...
Above: Bumble bees buzz pollinate crops like tomatoes when they collect pollen, which they store in a ball on their hind legs. It’s hard to deny the absolute benefits of the honey bee, but did you ...
Bees that once hovered around flowers and wasps that appeared at picnic tables almost vanish overnight. The inevitable ...