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By May 7, 2021
DIY

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

Your guide to a sting-free summer.
By May 3, 2021
Environment

Wasps are the bee’s knees

Wasps have a vastly under-appreciated role, both as predators as as pollinators.
By Apr 22, 2021
Health

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

Eating allergens seems like it should reduce sneezes. In practice? Not so much.
By Feb 7, 2020
Science

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

Alarming data shows it’s time to save the bees.
By Sep 24, 2019
Animals

These newly discovered iridescent bees are already at risk of extinction

Scientist found nine new bee species in Fiji, but their unique habitat puts their population at risk.
By Sep 12, 2019
Animals

Male honeybees might blind queens to keep them hive-bound

It turns out bee semen is kind of horrifying.
By Feb 22, 2019
Animals

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

This time, they GIFed it.
By Oct 17, 2018
Science

Bees deal with darkness the same way humans do

It just took an eclipse, some microphones, and a bunch of schoolchildren to prove it.
By Sep 28, 2018
Environment

Weedkiller weakens bees by messing with their microbiomes

New study links Roundup to plummeting bee populations.
By Sep 5, 2018
Science

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

Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.