Associate professor Caitlyn Forster from the University of Sydney said two of the best-known Australian species, the blue-banded bee and teddy bear bee can usually be heard before you see them.

But for Australian blue-banded bees, headbanging is more than a gut reaction to raging tunes, it’s a biological imperative. During a recent study on the pollination of tomato plants in Australia, ...

you can use the Aussie Bee website identifier flow chart to help you. Australian native bees are currently under threat, mainly due to disease and habitat loss. While fighting disease is not ...

Genetic material from Dutch queen bees is used to make the Australian bees stronger. Apiarist David Briggs tries to make the Australian honey bee more resistant to the Varroa mite, a nasty ...