Of the more than 20,000 bee species in the world, 70% nest in the ground. And like many of their counterparts that nest above ...

It's what scientists don't know about native Australian bees that has them deeply concerned. While there is no shortage of eyes on European honey bees — and the impacts varroa mite, pesticides ...

These Australian native bees are called Tetragonula carbonaria, but there are over 1500 different varieties of native bees and of course many more worldwide. With the alarming decline in the honey ...

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

Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the U.S.—and they’re both cooler and ecologically more ...

“Following our work, the Australian Native Bee Association applied to Food Standards Australia and New Zealand to modify the standard to include stingless bee honey,” Hungerford says ...

Adelaide-based ecologist and native bee expert, James Dorey, is known for his beautiful portrait images of bees and other insects. The author of the book, Bees of Australia, James recently ...