Scientific name of bee is Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee), part of the Apidae family. Bees are crucial pollinators, adding $18 billion to US agriculture annually. There are over 20,000 species; key ...

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

Volunteers tend rooftop apiaries and community hives in KC urban neighborhoods, Brookside and Blue Hills, learning beekeeping and ecology.

About 35% of the world’s food crops rely on bees, making their decline one of the most urgent threats to human survival. It’s ...

During Homecoming week at American River College, the buzz on campus hasn’t just been from the homecoming-related activities.—it also comes from the hundreds of native bees thriving on campus thanks ...

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

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

The devil is in the tiny details. A team of scientists discovered a new bee species they affectionately nicknamed “Lucifer” ...

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

The female bee's upward-pointing horns could be used to access flowers, compete for resources, and defend nests, researchers ...

“The taxonomist who describes a new species gets to name it,” Prendergast tells Jennifer Hassan at the Washington Post. After ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — While the nationwide honeybee population reached a record high three years ago, scientists are concerned in 2025. A study by Washington State University predicted a 60-70% loss ...