If the governments of Australia can invest millions into the honeybee industry, they surely have the resources to support ...

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. Subscribe to our ...

A team of researchers has discovered 71 new native bee species belonging to the resin pot bees, or Megachile (Austrochile), which are unique to Australia and present in every state and territory ...

A few years ago, wild bee ecologist Kit Prendergast was searching for pollinators of an endangered wildflower when she spotted a strange bee. “I discovered the species while surveying a rare plant in ...

Scientists in Australia have identified a new species of native bee with tiny, devil-like horns that have earned it a playfully hellish name – “lucifer.” The species, Megachile lucifer, was discovered ...

New research has revealed that high densities of European honey bees could be harming Australian native bees' 'fitness' by reducing their reproductive success and altering key traits linked to ...

Researchers in Australia have discovered a native bee species with tiny "devil-like horns.” A research team at Curtin University in Perth discovered the species while surveying a critically endangered ...

Resistance to synthetic antibiotics poses a critical global health challenge. Various European honeybee and other natural products have been proposed as novel therapeutic agents to address this ...

Kit Prendergast received funding from the Atlas of Living Australia, with a Biodiversity Mobilisation Grant and Goldfields Environmental Management Group Grant. The surveys were conducted as an ...