Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary ...

An army of experts and citizen scientists devoted to documenting and protecting the country’s native bees is telling us a lot ...

New data indicates 60 bee species and morpho-species can be found on Vancouver Island farms, including the threatened Western ...

Regular readers of this column will know that, in general, I struggle to muster much affection for non-native species, ...

Spring is approaching in the northern hemisphere, and with it come the perennial considerations about which kinds of flowers ...

In this study, the scientists used an artificial intelligence approach known as machine learning to evaluate gene expression ...

Next time you’re outside, say a silent thanks for the many unsung insect pollinators helping to keep our ecosystems healthy.

Professor Grace McCormack is Head of School of Natural Sciences at University of Galway and has worked for many years to prove the existence of the unique Irish sub-species of honey bee.

Deep in the tropical rainforests of northern Ecuador, researchers equipped with slingshots launched traps scented with ...

Birds, butterflies and bees rely on native plants as they migrate and live in the same ecosystem as people. “Our pollinators, ...

The country is home to four native honey bee species, all of which the study says are at risk of population decline due to global factors like climate change and parasites, as well as more local ...