Bees(Page 2)

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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A yellow and black wasp lands on a green leaf.
Environment

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

By Laura Baisas

Honeybee pollinating a flower
Environment

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

By Laura Baisas

a fuzzy bumblebee settles on a pink flower
Science

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

By Lauren J. Young

Swarm of bees
Environment

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

By Laura Baisas

a closeup of honeybees on honeycomb
Science

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

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Six young bees curled inside a honeycomb
Environment

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

By Philip Kiefer

Bees hanging onto each other
Science

Do we still need to save the bees?

By Philip Kiefer

Bee-pollinating-purple-flower
Environment

Build a garden that’ll have pollinators buzzin’

By Jennifer Ball

bees-drinking-nectar-from-feeder
Environment

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

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Orange and black butterfly on yellow flower
Environment

Bees and butterflies have trouble smelling flowers in polluted air

By Maggie Galloway

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

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

By Philip Kiefer

dirty hands spray green plants with a plastic bottle
Environment

Pesticides leave a lasting mark on pollinating bees

By Kate Baggaley

a giant hornet crawls on a box
Environment

These honeybees have a surprisingly fierce battle cry

By Kate Baggaley

Pesticides might be worse for bees than we thought
Environment

Pesticides might be worse for bees than we thought

By Ula Chrobak

honey bees swarming
Environment

Temperature tells honey bees what time it is

By Philip Kiefer

an illustration of a bee hive on a tree branch against a green background with a small drawing of an eyeball logo
Science

What’s stranger than bees telling time? How we learned that they can.

By Popular Science Team

A bumble bee drinks nectar from a purple cone flower.
Environment

City gardens are abuzz with imperiled native bees

By Lauren Leffer

Black and yellow social wasps build a geometric nest.
Environment

Why some bees and wasps are more likely to sting you

By Lauren Leffer

Orchid Bee
Environment

15 Bee-utiful Pictures Of Bees

By Sarah Fecht

Close up image of a wasp
Environment

The most effective ways to avoid bee, wasp, and hornet stings

By Alisha McDarris

Roads and highways disrupt bee pollination
Environment

Roads and highways disrupt bee pollination

By Ellie Shechet

wasp eating bug
Environment

Wasps are the bee’s knees

By Philip Kiefer

Local honey might help your allergies—but only if you believe it will
Environment

Local honey might help your allergies—but only if you believe it will

By Sara Chodosh

honeycomb in a plastic bag
Environment

Bee theft is almost a perfect crime—but there’s a new sheriff in town

By Andrew Zaleski

a bumble bee
Environment

Humans need bumble bees—and they are disappearing faster than we thought

By Molly Glick

a closeup of a male black Homalictus achrostu
Environment

These newly discovered iridescent bees are already at risk of extinction

By Jess Romeo

Male honeybees might blind queens to keep them hive-bound
Environment

Male honeybees might blind queens to keep them hive-bound

By Sara Chodosh

All the buzz about NASA’s new fleet of space bees
Science

All the buzz about NASA’s new fleet of space bees

By Kat Eschner

Giant bee Wallace's discovery extinction
Environment

Scientists thought they lost the world’s largest bee, but it was hiding in plain sight

By Eleanor Cummins

A bee lands on a yellow flower.
Environment

Bees deal with darkness the same way humans do

By Charlie Wood

Several dozen bees crawl across a yellow honeycomb.
Environment

Weedkiller weakens bees by messing with their microbiomes

By Jillian Mock

a many trying to sleep
Science

The weirdest things we learned this week: deadly insomnia, the prettiest poop, and emergency beekeepers

By Rachel Feltman

Pesticides are making bees dumber
Environment

Pesticides are making bees dumber

By Kat Eschner

Honeybees are surprisingly great at math
Environment

Honeybees are surprisingly great at math

By Claire Maldarelli

To shorten flights and lower emissions, scientists are discussing the birds and the bees
Technology

To shorten flights and lower emissions, scientists are discussing the birds and the bees

By Marlene Cimons

A sting-free guide to becoming a DIY beekeeper
Environment

A sting-free guide to becoming a DIY beekeeper

By Eleanor Cummins

Rising temperatures are opening new territories for venomous creatures—including your backyard
Environment

Rising temperatures are opening new territories for venomous creatures—including your backyard

By Kate Baggaley

Saving pollinators is about more than just honeybees
Environment

Saving pollinators is about more than just honeybees

By Philip Donkersley/The Conversation

Here’s a great excuse to stop mowing your lawn
Environment

Here’s a great excuse to stop mowing your lawn

By Kate Baggaley

Bee sits on yellow flower.
Environment

Want to help the bees? Keep these out of your garden.

By Ellen Airhart

a butterfly sits on a frog
Environment

Bugs are buzzing off, and that’s very bad

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

The bees behind your morning coffee might be in big trouble
Environment

The bees behind your morning coffee might be in big trouble

By Marlene Cimons

Want to know how to save the bees?
Environment

Want to know how to save the bees?

By Sara Chodosh

Bee hive
Environment

Watch these bees attack a baseball game—then learn why they did it

By Sara Chodosh

The almond milk craze could be bad news for bees
Environment

The almond milk craze could be bad news for bees

By Rachel Feltman

You really can help save bees by planting wildflowers
Environment

You really can help save bees by planting wildflowers

By Sarah Fecht

Antibiotic overuse might be bad for bees
Environment

Antibiotic overuse might be bad for bees

By Mary Beth Griggs

Watch scientists train bees to play with tiny soccer balls
Environment

Watch scientists train bees to play with tiny soccer balls

By Mary Beth Griggs

A small city in Iowa is devoting 1,000 acres of land to America’s vanishing bees
Environment

A small city in Iowa is devoting 1,000 acres of land to America’s vanishing bees

By Sarah Fecht

Sorry, but these pollinating robots can’t replace bees
Environment

Sorry, but these pollinating robots can’t replace bees

By Mary Beth Griggs

Biopesticides at organic farm
Environment

Farmers Are Using Bees To Spread Nature’s Own Pesticides

By Brooke Borel for bioGraphic

Here’s What You Can Do To Help The Declining Bee Population
Environment

Here’s What You Can Do To Help The Declining Bee Population

By Samantha Cole

How This Flower Dupes Flies Into Pollinating It
Environment

How This Flower Dupes Flies Into Pollinating It

By Kate Baggaley

Watch A Bumblebee Tug A String To Get Lunch
Environment

Watch A Bumblebee Tug A String To Get Lunch

By Kate Baggaley

Bees Show Optimism After A Dopamine-Boosting Sweet Treat
Environment

Bees Show Optimism After A Dopamine-Boosting Sweet Treat

By Samantha Cole

Birds And Humans ‘Talk’ To Each Other To Outsmart Bees
Environment

Birds And Humans ‘Talk’ To Each Other To Outsmart Bees

By Coby McDonald

Bacteria From Bees’ Bellies May Fight Persistent Pathogens
Environment

Bacteria From Bees’ Bellies May Fight Persistent Pathogens

By Loren Grush

How Honey Bees Point Their Way To Food
Environment

How Honey Bees Point Their Way To Food

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Environment

How Robo-Bees Could Save America’s Crops

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Environment

Follow A Queen Bee On Her Maiden Mating Flight

By Francie Diep

10 Spectacular Bees Native To The U.S.
Environment

10 Spectacular Bees Native To The U.S.

By Francie Diep

European Bee Sperm Bank Will Improve U.S. Bee Gene Pool
Environment

European Bee Sperm Bank Will Improve U.S. Bee Gene Pool

By Francie Diep

How It Works: Honeybee Society
Environment

How It Works: Honeybee Society

By Corey Binns

Bee Hackers Help Hives With Unconventional Tools
Environment

Bee Hackers Help Hives With Unconventional Tools

By Rebecca Boyle