Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a study led by researchers at Penn State suggests that under certain conditions, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When most people think of bees, they think of honeybees living in hives; but do you recognize native bees? Most native bees are ...

When it comes to bees, most of us can identify the ubiquitous honey bee (Apis mellifera) and that's about it. But with the emergence of easy identification tools like citizen-science platform ...

A grazed knee. A cut while gardening. A routine hip replacement. For most of the past century, these were minor worries. But ...

The Alaska Beacon is an independent, nonpartisan news organization focused on connecting Alaskans to their state government. On a bright June morning in Soldotna, a homeowner steps into the yard with ...

The female of the species has devil-like black horns, and a taste for extremely rare pollen. But until now, this Australian native bee has never been officially named or identified. My discovery of ...

New research shows a strong correlation between pesticide use and declining sightings of wild bees, with pesticide use causing appearances of some species to drop as much as 56%. The loss of wild bees ...

When the Town Mouse visited the Country Mouse, the old fable goes, she politely ate her host’s simple food. But when the pair ventured to the city for the delights of urban life, the Country Mouse ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Cambodia’s native honey bees play a vital role in pollinating both crops and forests, providing services that are the “backbone of Cambodia’s rural ...

The world comes alive during summers in Himalayan states like Uttarakhand. The forests are budding with new green leaves, and almost every trail is lined on both sides with flowers of many shapes, ...