Where the Wild Bees Are—and Aren’t—Impacts Food Supplyby University of British ColumbiaNew research highlights the link between lost wild pollinators and food production
NewsNew Study Reveals That Bees Cannot Taste Even Lethal Levels of Pesticidesby University of OxfordResearch could be used to help develop compound that tastes bad to bees to be used with pesticides
NewsBees Struggle to Find Flowers Because of Air Pollutionby University of BirminghamA new study has found that air pollution is preventing pollinators finding flowers because it degrades the scent
NewsBee Populations at Risk of One-Two Punch from Heat Waves, Pathogen Infectionby Penn StateExtreme heat combined with pathogen infection makes bees less likely to forage for food and pollinate
NewsCompleting Genome May Offer New Approach to Saving Endangered Beeby Agricultural Research ServiceHigh-resolution map of rusty patched bumble bee genome could help ?breeding programs
NewsHoneybees Provide a Snapshot of City Landscape and Healthby Biomed CentralThe debris collected by honeybees acts as a picture of the urban environments near them
NewsComplex Learned Social Behavior Discovered in Bee’s ‘Waggle Dance’by University of California - San DiegoLearning and culture are needed for one of the most intricate forms of communication known outside humans
NewsEffort to Help Pollinators Shows Successes and Limitationsby North Carolina State UniversityA three year conservation effort showed positive effects on abundance but also that habitat quality played a key role
NewsHoney Bee Life Spans Are 50% Shorter Today Than They Were 50 Years Agoby University of MarylandA drop in longevity for lab-kept honeybees could help explain colony losses and lower honey production in recent decade
NewsInsects Contribute to Atmospheric Electricityby Cell PressThe team has developed a model to predict the electronic influence of insects
NewsHanging Climate’s Early Winter Wakeup Call Is a Buzz Kill for Bumblebeesby University of OttawaStudy finds climate change is waking bumblebees earlier from winter hibernation, putting the species at risk