This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. May 20th is World Bee Day, and it’s to raise ...

You can help Mother Nature in a battle for survival. Pollinators, which provide one out of every three bites of our food, are struggling. Five butterfly species in the United States have gone extinct ...

It was three in the afternoon and over 30 degrees C, yet despite the heat there was not a drop of sweat on my body. The air was so dry that any perspiration was sucked from my pores before I even felt ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — The bees in the University of Rhode Island’s (URI) historic insect collection are old. “So this bee right here was collected in 1948 in South Kingstown,” said Casey ...

The state is home to more than 1,000 species of bees—from miner bees, which dig their nests in the ground, to squash bees, which you can sometimes catch napping on zucchini flowers. Nearly 10% of all ...

Bees have long been celebrated for their intricate hives and precise navigation, but new research suggests their inner lives are even more sophisticated than many scientists assumed. In carefully ...

Key pollinators in Arizona faced a rough summer, but community efforts can help them thrive. Arizona is home to the second-most diverse bee population in the country, according to pollination ...

Julia Maruca Wednesday, June 5, 2024 4:00 a.m. | Wednesday, June 5, 2024 4:00 a.m. Things are looking brighter in the bee business. But maintaining healthy and productive hives keeps people like Drew ...

Spring through early summer is bee swarm season, although a colony can split at other times. If you find a dense swarm of bees out in the open like this, don't panic. It's just a temporary stop on ...

Researchers in Botswana are testing bee sounds, strobe lights, and other tools to help farmers reduce conflict with elephants ...

Varroa infestations Varroa mites are tiny parasites that attach to honey bees, feed on their body tissue and transmit viruses throughout the colony. Over the years, these parasites have developed ...