Its name is short — like its size — but bees are one of Earth's most important and busy creatures.
Bees in a hive in San Diego, Calif. Beekeeping has been a practice for thousands of years.
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On World Bee Day, meet three residents of Chennai who have established a bond with bees in very different ways: from managing…
Bees pollinate 75% of the world's key crops.
Like so many flying insects, these essential pollinators are suffering because of habitat loss and the overuse of chemicals.…
Scientists say the bees' temperament is to ward off predators. But unsuspecting humans will find them to be aggressive, spiteful…
Langstone, Hampshire: Solitary bees, albeit hundreds of them, are hovering low to the ground, hoping to mate before nightfall
In this week’s newsletter: a conservation success story has a sting in its tail as wild pollinators pay the price
As bee population collapses, US apiarists fear research cuts
