The nutritional needs of bees are complex and monoculture crops aren’t providing a diverse diet. Introducing more diverse wildflower meadows and green spaces could benefit wild pollinators.
Meet some of the weird and wonderful bees that don’t bumble or make honey.
Sperm activity in bees dropped after being exposed to heatwave conditions.
They shoot, they score … if there’s a sugary reward at the end of it.
Some of the most impressive visual performances measured in a new study came from rarely studied, solitary species.
EU-banned pesticides could not only threaten wild bees where they eat, but where they sleep too.
Miles of bee-friendly ‘highways’ are being linked up around the UK.
Wild honey bee colonies outnumber those managed in commercial hives.
Honey bees in the most polluted parts of an Indian city were more likely to die sooner and showed clear signs of poor health.
It’s difficult to individually track tiny insects but researchers think they’ve found a way to harness a bee’s own energy.
