What to know about Africanized honeybees, aka “killer bees” When a phrase like ‘killer bees’ buzzes through your social feed, it stings your curiosity. Especially when you hear things like they attack ...

A team of researchers has discovered 71 new native bee species belonging to the resin pot bees, or Megachile (Austrochile), which are unique to Australia and present in every state and territory ...

In 1909, Arthur Neiva published an article titled “ Contribuição para os estudos dos dipteros. Observação sobre a biolojia e sistematica das anofelinas brasileiras e suas relações com o impaludismo ”, ...

Discover the Unique Personalities of Bees in NATURE’S “My Garden of a Thousand Bees” Wednesday, May 14 at 8 pm on PBS Wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn documents his buzzworthy discoveries ...

Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the U.S.—and they’re both cooler and ecologically more important than honeybees ...

Conservation has resulted in the rediscovery of animals previously thought to be extinct, bringing new hope to the future of wildlife conservation. In the last few years, between 2017 and the ...

For species that do not have this ability, such as “some species of the Megachile genus [that] lack important detoxification genes found commonly in other bee groups,” they have substantially higher ...

In the past 5–10 years, Venezuela has faced a severe economic crisis, precipitated by political instability and declining oil revenue. Public health provision has been affected particularly. In this ...

Background Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are essential in insect’s daily behaviors mediated by olfactory perception. Megachile saussurei Radoszkowski (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) is a principal ...

What is the world's largest bee? The biggest bee in the world is called the Megachile Pluto, is native to Indonesia, and is on the brink of extinction. These creatures are some of the most fascinating ...

If you spend a lot of time out in the garden it's smart to have the skills to identify the different types of bees—plus wasps and other insects that mimic bees—that you're most likely to ...