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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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Rusty-patched Bumblebee gathering nectar from a yellow flower
Environment

Rare bees kill Meta’s nuclear-powered AI data center plans

By Andrew Paul

close up of bumblebee against blue background
Environment

Stressed bees are pessimistic pollinators

By Andrew Paul

Monarch butterfly feeding on purple aster flower in summer floral background.
DIY

How to plant a garden butterflies will love

By Debbie Wolfe

A Syntretus perlmani wasp larva bursts from a fruit fly’s abdomen.
Environment

Gnarly wasp gruesomely rips apart fruit flies from the inside out with its larvae

By Laura Baisas

a bee kicks away an ant
Animals

Ant gets bee-slapped, and other strange bug moments

By Laura Baisas

Swarm of invasive Apis cerana in Cairns, North Queensland.
Environment

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.
DIY

The science behind mixing honey into cocktails

By Noah Lederman

A fuzzy yellow and black bumblebee foraging on a green plant.
Environment

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.
Environment

Female honeybees may pass down ‘altruistic’ genes

By Laura Baisas

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

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.
Environment

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.
Science

Bee brains could teach robots to make split-second decisions

By Laura Baisas

Bumblebee pollinator over red and orange flowers
Environment

Microscopic worms use electricity to ride bumblebees like EVs

By Laura Baisas

A honeybee pollenating a yellow flower.
Environment

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.
Environment

Easy ways to stop carpenter bees from remodeling your home

By Julia Rittenberg

Japanese beekeepers holding honeycomb up at the top of a Tokyo skyscraper
Environment

Beehives are the honeypot for a city’s microbial secrets

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A warm of bees on a honeycomb.
Environment

Older bees teach younger bees the ‘waggle dance’

By Laura Baisas

Three honeybees fly near a crocus in a field.
Environment

Like the first flying humans, honeybees use linear landmarks to navigate

By Laura Baisas

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