A quarter of known bee species in the wild haven't appeared in public records since the 1990s, a concerning new study reveals. Argentinian researchers used a publicly available database on specimen ...

Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’ ...

There are thousands of bee species, both little and large Scientists have mapped the distribution of all 20,000 bee species on earth. The new global map of bees will help in the conservation of the ...

The conservationists have created ‘the first modern map’ of all 20,000 bee species on the planet. Researchers now hope the world-wide map charting bee density will assist in conserving of the insects ...

Scientific name of bee is Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee), part of the Apidae family. Bees are crucial pollinators, adding $18 billion to US agriculture annually. There are over 20,000 species; key ...

There are more than 250 bee species in the UK, including many different solitary bees which live alone, to bumblebees that live in nests, and honeybees that live in hives managed by beekeepers. Bees, ...

Discovered more than 160 years ago by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, the bee vanished from view for decades, ...

A rare species of bee has been found in a nature reserve The yellow loosestrife bee, which mainly feeds on the yellow loosestrife plant, was discovered in a field in Yatton, North Somerset. The bee is ...

This simple bee hotel will provide a home for a variety of solitary bees, including red mason bees and leafcutter bees. Often when people think of bees in the UK, it is the social honeybee and ...

In a Caribbean cave, researchers discovered hundreds of fossils with bee nests within them. It is the first time this behavior has been recorded, a new study finds.

Scientists have discovered 15 new species of cuckoo bees hidden in North American museum collections and in an ancient thesis. Like their avian counterparts, cuckoo bees lay their eggs in the nests of ...

Scientists have mapped the distribution of all 20,000 bee species on earth. The new global map of bees will help in the conservation of the insects we rely on to pollinate our crops, say researchers ...