New research paints a worrying picture for the different species of bees that provide multi-million-euro pollination services in Ireland each yea. The work raises concerns about the potential wide ...

While most people picture the beloved honeybee when they think about bees, North America actually has 4,000 species of native ...

Eusociality varies among different bee species, with some more actively eusocial than others. Scientists have found that there are genetic underpinnings to the behavioural differences in bees.

As managed honeybee hives multiply, wild bees and butterflies are disappearing. Since honeybees are not endangered, is ...

There are around 550 different bee species in Germany. Most of them are solitary bees. They don't live in large beehives like the honeybee, but each female bee often builds multiple nests and ...

Humans may not be the only species that struggles to eat the right amounts of the ideal foods. A new study led by researchers ...

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...

In a new study, ecologists have shown that bees' pesticide exposure depends upon their interaction with the environment, meaning different species face different risks in any given environment.

Angela Laws, an endangered species conservation biologist, helps take care of a community-led garden dedicated to attracting ...

A new study by Curtin and Flinders Universities has found that what were thought to be two different species of native Australian bee are in fact one. Lead researcher Dr Kit Prendergast from the ...

More than 20,000 species of bee exist throughout the world – and they are dying, thanks to climate change, pesticide poisoning and plant loss.