In 2018, the United Nations officially started World Bee Day. They chose May 20 because it’s the birthday of Anton Janša. He lived in Slovenia in the 1700s and helped improve how people care for bees.

When beekeepers introduced honeybees to a protected island, wild bees nearly vanished. Could removing the hives reverse the ...

Washington's pollinators are critical to our state’s agriculture and can sometimes be used to help degraded ecosystems.

Wild honey is collected from bees that build their hives in forests or natural surroundings, away from farms, pollution, and humans. These bees feed on wildflowers, herbs, and medicinal plants ...

For Roth, it’s crucial to protect both honey bees — like the ones in his rooftop hives — and wild species. His organization has set up nesting boxes in the hopes of helping solitary bees ...

Honey bees may play a role in increasing virus levels in wild bumble bees each spring, according to researchers who analyzed seasonal trends of parasite and virus transmission in bees. Honey bees ...