Are Australia’s native bees thriving or declining? We don’t know but can find out
Native bees pollinate many of Australia’s unique plants and help entire ecosystems thrive.
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Eaten, used as taxis and vomited up: how bees support other animals
Ahead of world bee day on May 20, the author looks at how other animals rely on bees for food and shelter and even transport.
Baby bees love carbs, experiments show – here’s why that matters
First ever feeding experiments reveal that solitary bees need to carb-load – and can be picky when it comes to dieting.
How electric vehicles could help pollinators find flowers again
Diesel pollution can disrupt floral scents. Switching to electric would help.
While some bees are workers, others are born to bee free – tracking study shows
Tracking the flight of the bumblebee teaches us how they use plants – and how we can help them.
Embattled bees face yet another potential threat – virus‑carrying hoverflies
Hoverflies are helping spread disease among the already declining bee population.
Keeping honeybees doesn’t save bees – or the environment
All too often the media buzz is centred around the managed honeybee, at the expense of other wild bee species.
To save honey bees we need to design them new hives
Beehive designs haven’t changed since the 1940s.
Why you are seeing bees struggling to survive this summer
Bumblebees are being affected by heat and other factors this summer.
Honey bees vote to decide on nest sites – why we should listen
New study shows man made hives leak substantially more heat than the tree cavities of wild honey bees.
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