The original submission of the blue-banded bee dreaming by the Wiradyuri corporation – and described to The Australian – matches ... an invaluable portrait of native wildlife, landmarks ...

[But] we have maybe about 2,000 species of native bees which often don ... of Sydney said two of the best-known Australian species, the blue-banded bee and teddy bear bee can usually be heard ...

It's what scientists don't know about native Australian ... Dr Prendergast said common bee names could be misleading. "A really common bee name is blue banded bee, [but] there are many bees ...

The spread of the pest varroa mite to European honeybees is not all bad news for Australian species such as the native ...