It turns out bees are responsible for a lot more than just making honey. In fact, if bees were to disappear, it could lead to ...

March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do ...

Native bees face a range of serious threats — from habitat loss to climate change to invasive and nonnative species — but pesticides are one of the gravest. Systemic insecticides like neonicotinoids ...

Only 8 out of almost 21,000 bee species in the world die when they sting. Another subset can't sting at all, and the majority of bees can sting as often as they want. But there's even more to it ...

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 ...

These bees form colonies with thousands of individual bees and have ... The GCBO is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ...

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 at the core of this web of life.” Despite their importance, bees face increasing threats due to habitat loss, pesticide use, climate change and diseases. These challenges have led to a ...

Threats like climate change, insecticides and parasites that are decimating bee populations globally are compounded locally by habitat loss, agricultural intensification, unsustainable wild honey ...

Native bees face a range of serious threats — from habitat loss to climate change to invasive and nonnative species — but pesticides are one of the gravest. Systemic insecticides like neonicotinoids ...