Australia's honeybees are facing an exceptional crisis. The tiny but devastating foreign pest Varroa destructor is steadily ...

It was published in 1961. The Australian has found it contains a passage bearing uncanny resemblance to the account of the blue-banded bee dreaming provided by the Wiradyuri Traditional Owners ...

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.

Unlike bees, which mostly get their protein from pollen, wasps are primarily predators, although they may act as pollinators when they visit flowers for a sip of sugary nectar. Some Australian ...