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 ...
New research on Australian native bees suggests that species nesting inside plant stems may be especially vulnerable to ...
DOI: 10.3390/insects16111149 "The European honey bee plays a major role in agriculture, but it differs greatly from our native bees," Dr. Prendergast said. "Focusing solely on honey bees can hinder ...
New Curtin University research has revealed that high densities of European honey bees could be harming Australian native bees’ ‘fitness’ by reducing their reproductive success and altering key traits ...
Bees have many different ways of building their homes. Many people will be familiar with the hives of European honeybees, ...
Curtin University research has revealed that high densities of European honey bees could be harming Australian native bees' fitness by reducing their reproductive success and altering key traits ...
Late last year, the New South Wales government announced an additional A$9.5 million in funding to support honeybee keepers in the wake of the 2022 arrival and subsequent spread of the Varroa mite.