When extreme heat scorches Australia, underground bees retreat into insulating soil to survive, but stem-nesting bees have ...

Carmen da Silva of Macquarie University's Pollinator Futures Research Center examined nearly 3,500 bees from 95 native ...

New research on Australian native bees suggests that species nesting inside plant stems may be especially vulnerable to ...

A major study of Australian native bees found that stem-nesting species may be the first to feel the impact of climate change ...

Bee species that nest in plant stems appear to be at the greatest short-term risk from increasing temperatures due to climate ...

For centuries, honey bees have remained a fundamental sustainer of agriculture worldwide, pollinating more than 130 types of ...

A world-first trial led by University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) native bee scientist and conservationist Dr. Kit Prendergast has found bee hotels can play a vital role in helping native bee ...

When we think of bees, we often think of flowers. The more flowers the better, right? Well, not exactly. Like us, bees need ...

Bees have many different ways of building their homes. Many people will be familiar with the hives of European honeybees, ...

A new report warns of a massive pollination shortfall in Australia this year as varroa mite wipes out hives and forces beekeepers out.

After a devastating bushfire, efforts to help nature recover typically focus on vertebrates and plants. Yet extreme fires can threaten insects, too. After the Black Summer fires of 2019–20, I embarked ...

Bees are critical to our biodiversity, but they’re in trouble. The University of Melbourne's new Map of the Month tells us ...