Wild queen bumblebees get killed by worker bees inside commercial hives after they are lured in by vibrant colors and the promise of usurping the resident queen. When you purchase through links on our ...

While testing how well commercial bumblebees pollinate early spring crops, researchers made a surprising discovery: dead wild bumblebee queens in the hives, an average of 10 per nest box. While ...

New research shows that viruses weaken honey bee queens, lowering pheromone signals and energy, causing workers to replace them.

A decade-long study recently published in the journal Northeastern Naturalist found that 352 wild bee species call Vermont ...

The hive was hundreds of meters down an old track that was overgrown with gorse. Ross then began to teach himself beekeeping - collecting the bees from his grandfather's original hive. It was ...

Several wildlife species across the world are now moving toward endangerment or extinction as their habitats are slowly beginning to disappear due to various reasons. Some of the most common causes of ...

By Christina Michailidis Without bees, the world as we know it would quietly collapse. These tiny pollinators underpin almost ...

In Slovenia and around the world, conservationists try — and mostly fail — to combat the widespread belief that honey bees are in danger. Credit... Supported by By David Segal Photographs and Video by ...