There’s widespread concern about the global decline of honey bees and the associated loss of pollination services. The honey bee is the most important single species for crop pollination. This is ...

On average, across natural habitats all over the world, the western honey bee is the most common pollinator, responsible for 13 percent of flower visits. Researchers also found that 5 percent of the ...

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 ...

NACOGDOCHES, TX (KTRE) - A giant beehive exposed to the elements is doing quite well hanging from a tree in Nacogdoches. Naturalists and bee experts are hoping it will stay that way. In the winter ...

Rebecca Ellis receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. She is affiliated with the Pollinator Pathway Project, the London Urban Beekeepers' Collective and is the chair ...

It might be hard to think of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) as a forest creature. Most of us picture honey bees in the context of hives in wooden boxes, managed by beekeepers in heavy white jumpsuits.

NATURE is full of surprises, especially when it comes to the behaviour of wild bees. The world of wild bees is especially fascinating, especially since they apparently 'vote to decide on where to ...

(Beyond Pesticides, May 14, 2021) In a prime example of cart-before-the-horse, greenwashing, or perhaps “beewashing,” a British company has badly missed the mark in its latest attempt to market a ...

Honey bees may play a role in increasing virus levels in wild bumble bees each spring, according to researchers who analyzed seasonal trends of parasite and virus transmission in bees. Honey bees may ...

In the overlooked corners of Puget Sound, wild bee populations are thriving in unexpected places, according to a ...

Springfield pharmacist and beekeeper Jeff Goetzinger got the call: Wild bees were stinging the lawn mowing crew outside an 1800s-era church near Stotts City. What he found humming within the church ...

In this image from "Wild Honey Bees," worker bees in Germany load up with water that they'll use to cool their colony’s nest on a hot day. (Ingo Arndt Photography/Reprinted by permission of Princeton ...