As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks were not enough, Australia now has a new creepy critter: a “lucifer” bee with ...

Native bee scientist Dr Kit Prendergast named the insect Megachili (Hackeriapis) Lucifer, taking inspiration from a hit ...

Bees. Among the most hardworking and organized insects in the entire world. They are appreciated and loved by doctors for the ...

Let’s take a closer look at what we can do to promote pollinators in our yards that can be done without spending a lot of ...

The University of Minnesota Bee Lab provides free beekeeping education for Minnesota veterans through its Bee Veterans ...

Speaking at the Beekeeping Awareness Field Day held at Oude Raapkraal in Westlake, Cape Town, Steenhuisen highlighted the ...

The "Lucifer" bee, or Megachile lucifer, was discovered 2019 in the Goldfields region of western Australia. DNA testing ...

The female of the species has devil-like black horns, and a taste for extremely rare pollen. But until now, this Australian ...

Megachile lucifer is an unusual bee from Australia — black, sleek, and with tiny devil-like horns. It’s named after the ...

Dubbed Megachile lucifer, the newly described species of bee features a pair of spiked horns jutting from its head. The ...

In honeybee hives, a surprising phenomenon regularly occurs: worker bees can turn against their own queen to replace her when ...