New technology is being used to save one of Scotland’s best loved and most important creatures. Just last week the wild honey bee was classified as endangered for the first time. Now a Scots charity ...

A decade-long study recently published in the journal Northeastern Naturalist found that 352 wild bee species call Vermont ...

As Australian Pollinator Week (8–16 November) gets underway, new research has found that many Australians have poor awareness ...

This is not the plot of a new Game of Thrones spinoff, but a common and violent reality in honey bee colonies. As with any ...

By Christina Michailidis Without bees, the world as we know it would quietly collapse. These tiny pollinators underpin almost ...

When the temperatures outside dipped, the honeybees grabbed hold of each other’s legs to form a living quilt along the ...

New research shows that viruses weaken honey bee queens, lowering pheromone signals and energy, causing workers to replace them.

In honeybee hives, a surprising phenomenon regularly occurs: worker bees can turn against their own queen to replace her when they deem her too weak. This practice, called supersedure, plays a ...

As the bee population drops, farmers in several states are paying for these essential pollinators. They are renting hives, hand-pollinating crops, and changing what they grow.

Speech by Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, at the Beekeeping Awareness Field Day, Oude Raapkraal, West Lake, Cape Town. Chairperson of the South African Bee Industry (SA ...

While the brewing started as a crime of opportunity — abandoned bee hives and a rarely used kitchen practically begging for attention — Kabian Newson’s jun kombucha is now a highly-sought-after ...