Bees and their pollination methods are integral to the ecosystem, as well as agriculture of all types. Unfortunately, bee colonies are struggling due to pesticide use and habitat destruction. And now ...

Honey production in Brazil grew by 97.3 % and propolis ... taking 50 days to evaluate the productive and behavioural characteristics of the descending worker bees. To evaluate propolis production, ...

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

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) are helping American beekeepers ...

Introduced honey bees (Apis mellifera) potentially reduce fitness of cavity-nesting native bees through a male-bias sex ratio, brood mortality and reduced reproduction. Frontiers in Bee Science ...

According to Project Apis m., between June 2024 and March 2025, commercial beekeepers sustained an average loss of 62% of their honey bees in their colonies. Additionally, beekeepers worldwide ...

Some queens don't rule nonstop. A new study from the University of California, Riverside shows that even bumble bee queens, ...

The Honey Bee Health Coalition has requested the USDA Agricultural Research Service authorize its scientists to share analysis of what caused “catastrophic losses” of 60% of U.S. honey bee ...