Of the more than 20,000 bee species in the world, 70% nest in the ground. And like many of their counterparts that nest above ...

Australian native bees have evolved complex social structures and foraging behaviours that help biologists answer longstanding questions, such as the origins of social behaviour, and the drivers of ...

Honeybees were introduced to Australia in the early 1800s. While no long-term research exists on how the bees impacted native ...

Stingless bees produce a healthier honey ... “Following our work, the Australian Native Bee Association applied to Food Standards Australia and New Zealand to modify the standard to include ...

Most native bees — besides bumblebees — live solitary lifestyles in holes in trees and loose soil, without a colony or hive. Honeybees, on the other hand, live in large colonies of about 10,000 ...

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 ...

A high diversity of native bees Australia hosts a high diversity of native bees found nowhere else in the world – more than 1,600 scientifically named species. Unlike the introduced European ...

Freya Marie Jackson received funding from the Australian Entomological Society (AES) through their "Small Grant Award", which supported some of this research on native bees. Additionally ...