Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary enthusiasts, native species are finally getting the buzz they deserve By Susan ...

The famous work ethic of honey bees might spell disaster for these busy crop pollinators as the climate warms, new research indicates. Flying shortens the lives of bees, and worker honey bees will fly ...

After hearing whispering and outcries from commercial beekeepers about their colonies dying sporadically and mysteriously, Project Apis m. — a leading organization in the world of honey bees — ...

Honey bees play a pivotal role in both global agriculture and ecosystem health, and their associated microbial communities have emerged as critical determinants of bee well‐being. The honey bee ...

Although honey bees have the ability to regulate hive temperatures, new research published in Ecological and Evolutionary ...

Bee-HERO — Sacred Heart University’s Bee Health and Ecology Objective program — was awarded a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will allow six undergraduate students to ...

A specimen of Franklin's bumblebee photographed by Robin Thorp. The rare bee, now thought to be extinct, was limited to a few counties in northern California and southern Oregon. A study of DNA from ...

Located just off campus near the South Quad on Lincoln Avenue sits the Robinson Bee Research Facility. Here, researchers silently work with and raise honey bee colonies, out of sight of the University ...

Before Samuel Ramsey became the world’s foremost expert on bees — and an assistant professor of ecology, entomology and evolutionary biology at CU Boulder — he was just another kid afraid of bugs. But ...

While the exact cause of heightened bee colony losses nationwide is unknown, possible factors include parasites, pathogens, pesticides and poor nutrition. Federal funding cuts to the USDA and research ...

An April 10 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims to describe an effective but unorthodox method for treating a potentially fatal disease. “If you have cancer, go get stung by a bee,” the ...