Most of us have been stung by a bee and we know it's not much fun. But maybe we also felt a tinge of regret, or vindication, knowing the offending bee will die. Right? Well, for 99.96% of bee ...

An army of experts and citizen scientists devoted to documenting and protecting the country’s native bees is telling us a lot ...

One out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators such as bees. Crops that depend on pollination are five times more valuable than those that do not. Social bees, such as honeybees ...

Bees are interesting creatures who are vital to our ecosystem. They are responsible for pollinating 80% of all flowering ...

Things get more interesting at the other end of the spectrum, where bee vision dips into the ultraviolet wavelengths. This opens up a hidden language of attraction writ large on the petals of flowers.

Bees do not create honey; they are actually improving upon a plant product, nectar. The honey we eat is nectar that bees have repeatedly regurgitated and dehydrated. The average American consumes ...

Whether you're fascinated by bees or tend run away from them, you enjoy the fruits of their labor: Bees play a vital role in our ecosystem by pollinating plants. Unfortunately, bees' numbers are ...

Without the intense work of pollination that these flying insects carry out, the world would look very different. Now, a ...