Bees

 

Male wasps use their genital spines to sting frogs (and people)

By Laura Baisas

 /  Dec 19, 2022

 

Lab-raised bees have half the lifespan they did in the ’70s

By Laura Baisas

 /  Nov 15, 2022

 

Bees can sense a flower’s electric field—unless fertilizer messes with the buzz

By Lauren J. Young

 /  Nov 9, 2022

 

A swarm of honeybees can have the same electrical charge as a storm cloud

By Laura Baisas

 /  Oct 24, 2022

 

The first honeybee vaccine could protect the entire hive, starting with the queen

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

 /  Oct 21, 2022

 

Bees make more friends when they’re full of healthy gut bacteria

By Philip Kiefer

 /  Aug 23, 2022

 

Do we still need to save the bees?

By Philip Kiefer

 /  Apr 18, 2022

 

Build a garden that’ll have pollinators buzzin’

By Jennifer Ball

 /  Mar 9, 2022

 

5 ways to keep bees buzzing that don’t require a hive

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

 /  Mar 9, 2022

 

Bees and butterflies have trouble smelling flowers in polluted air

By Maggie Galloway

 /  Jan 19, 2022

 

The secret to healthy honey bees is hiding in Slovenia

By Megan Zhang / Saveur

 /  Jan 16, 2022

 

What’s sweeter than honey to these bees? Rotting meat.

By Philip Kiefer

 /  Nov 27, 2021

 

Pesticides leave a lasting mark on pollinating bees

By Kate Baggaley

 /  Nov 23, 2021

 

These honeybees have a surprisingly fierce battle cry

By Kate Baggaley

 /  Nov 10, 2021

 

Simple ways to get carpenter bees to stop remodeling your home

By Julia Rittenberg

 /  Sep 2, 2021

 

Pesticides might be worse for bees than we thought

By Ula Chrobak

 /  Aug 5, 2021