By: Ava Longmate Bees are nature’s fuzzy pollinators. From the busy honey bees, to the chunky bumble bees these adorable, hardworking critters have been nestled in our hearts ever since we learned ...

Native bees cannot be hosts of varroa mite, according to the CSIRO. And while not all native species pollinate agricultural ...

Honey bees are essential pollinators, responsible for around 75% of flowering plants and 35% of food crops worldwide. Without them, global food systems and biodiversity would face serious threats.

The 20,000 or so species of pollinators are key to hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of crops each year — from fruits and vegetables to coffee and chocolate. Yet two out of five species of ...

For decades, beekeepers have fought a tiny parasite called Varroa destructor, which has devastated honey-bee colonies around the world. But an even deadlier mite, Tropilaelaps mercedesae—or "tropi"—is ...

"Anyone putting the message out there that we're going to lose our bees is sensationalizing it a little," said Andy Joseph, ...

Honey bee colonies around the world are dwindling, and the consequences threaten to be severe: We rely on these bees to pollinate myriad agricultural crops, including one-third of crop species in the ...

Vicki Munroe has a bee in her bonnet. What put it there was an article she read in 2008 about the mysterious disappearance of bees – both bumble and honey – that seems to be taking place all over the ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Almost one in 10 of Europe's wild bee species is at risk of extinction because of threats from the spread of farms and pesticides among other factors, a first assessment of the ...

Ten African penguins have tragically died at Boulders Beach due to honeybee stings, a crisis rooted in human interference. Conservationists warn that unregulated beekeeping and urban hobby hives are ...