Contrary to the behavior of certain other insects, bees don’t actually fly once it’s dark, according to this trending ...

Honey bees can normally keep their hives perfectly climate-controlled, but extreme heat can overwhelm their defenses. During ...

Stingless bees are so ancient that they shared the planet with the dinosaurs. For the past 80 million years, stingless bees ...

Research from Monash University explores how rising temperatures and growing urban environments can affect behavior in native ...

Can't get enough bees? Check out this week's bee-themed episode of SciShow Tangents, the SciShow spin-off podcast: There are ...

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

Potentially deadly viruses in the pollinators are closely linked to the flowers they visit and the availability of flowering ...

Flowers emit scented chemicals to attract pollinators, but this perfume—and how pollinators interact with the plant—can go ...

Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History investigated old specimens that had been at the museum for decades and ...

Recently, I was out in my garden pulling up old pieces of bamboo used for fencing around some fragile native plants getting established. I was in the process of making a pile of them to burn, when ...

Deep inside a fossil-filled cave in the Dominican Republic, researchers uncovered evidence of an unexpected interaction between ancient owls and solitary bees. About 20,000 years ago, a family of owls ...