Bees

From hives to orchards, bees have an outsized presence in our lives. Find out more about these diverse insects, and how to help conserve them as their numbers diminish.

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teen boy standing next to two hexagonal structures filled with bees
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This teen 3D-printed a beehive for his bedroom

By Mack DeGeurin

A jumping spider devours a hoverfly. The hoverfly has evolved to look like a wasp, but in this case the resemblance is not sufficient to deter a spider from attacking it.
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Flies disguised as wasps can’t fool birds

By Lauren Leffer

a pink and yellow flower with delicate petals
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Plants can hear tiny wing flaps of pollinators

By Laura Baisas

a large hornet dismembers a honey bee
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1,400 different bug species found in the guts of Asian hornets

By Laura Baisas

Bee with QR sticker held in researcher's hand
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Researchers glued teeny-tiny QR codes to 30,000 bees

By Andrew Paul

Rusty-patched Bumblebee gathering nectar from a yellow flower
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Rare bees kill Meta’s nuclear-powered AI data center plans

By Andrew Paul

close up of bumblebee against blue background
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Stressed bees are pessimistic pollinators

By Andrew Paul

Monarch butterfly feeding on purple aster flower in summer floral background.
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How to plant a garden butterflies will love

By Debbie Wolfe

A Syntretus perlmani wasp larva bursts from a fruit fly’s abdomen.
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Gnarly wasp gruesomely rips apart fruit flies from the inside out with its larvae

By Laura Baisas

a bee kicks away an ant
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Ant gets bee-slapped, and other strange bug moments

By Laura Baisas

Swarm of invasive Apis cerana in Cairns, North Queensland.
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How a single honey bee colony led to a species invasion

By Lauren Leffer

A honey-infused Bee's Knees cocktail on a white plate on a table next to a jar of honey, some lemons, and a honey dipper.
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The science behind mixing honey into cocktails

By Noah Lederman

A fuzzy yellow and black bumblebee foraging on a green plant.
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Bumblebees carbo-load on the fly

By Laura Baisas

A group of worker bees surround the queen bee on a honeycomb. All worker honeybees are female and they can go to extreme lengths to serve their queen even shedding their own ovaries.
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Female honeybees may pass down ‘altruistic’ genes

By Laura Baisas

To protect wild bumblebees, people have to find them first
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To protect wild bumblebees, people have to find them first

By Sarah Trent / High Country News

A bee on a peach rose. Understanding how flowering plants and bees evolved together can help inform conservation efforts for pollinators and how to keep their populations healthy.
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The world’s earliest bees may have called Gondwana home

By Laura Baisas

A honey bee pollinates a yellow flower against a bright blue sky.
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Bee brains could teach robots to make split-second decisions

By Laura Baisas

Bumblebee pollinator over red and orange flowers
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Microscopic worms use electricity to ride bumblebees like EVs

By Laura Baisas

A honeybee pollenating a yellow flower.
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What busy bees’ brains can teach us about human evolution

By Laura Baisas

A carpenter bee on a white flower. If you're trying to figure out how to get rid of carpenter bees, it's best not to kill these crucial pollinators.
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Easy ways to stop carpenter bees from remodeling your home

By Julia Rittenberg