Bee colonies are rapidly declining, which spells bad news for the environment. As of 2025, annual honey bee colony losses in the U.S. are projected to reach between 60% and 70%. Although not all ...

Scientists want to know how well bees are coping with habitat loss. But first, they need to be able to tell nearly identical species apart. Just a few decades ago, bee enthusiasts across much of North ...

No, the buzzing you hear isn’t the iPhone in your pocket. It’s a honey bee—and the impact it has on pollinating the crops you eat is worth its slightly obnoxious presence. The importance of bees to ...

Bees are fantastic pollinators. Without them, ecosystems would not thrive. Unfortunately, over the last 15 years, there has been a significant decline in both bee colonies and individual bees due to ...

The vegetative parts of mushrooms may hold the cure to viruses that kill bees. Honey bees may derive health benefits from the certain parts of mushrooms, giving them a chance to combat viruses that ...

For years now, conventional wisdom, popular slogans and ad campaigns have heralded the same message - we need to save the honeybees. Products from peanut butter to shampoo were proudly declared bee ...

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