Instead of adding more honeybee hives, let’s turn our cities into pollinator paradises by planting native wildflowers, creating habitat corridors and conducting citywide pollinator health assessments.

NATURE is full of surprises, especially when it comes to the behaviour of wild bees. The world of wild bees is especially fascinating, especially since they apparently 'vote to decide on where to ...

Some experts say the trend of backyard beekeeping could at best do little to save bees, and at worst leave certain species worse off A sweet, waxy breeze rises into my face as I stoop over the barrel, ...

Wild bumblebees worldwide are in trouble, likely contracting deadly diseases from their commercialized honeybee cousins, a new study shows. That's a problem even though bumblebees aren't trucked from ...

The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community of top leaders and experts who pay dues for access to peer learning, thought leadership, and more. BY Darko Mandich Year ...

The end of August typically brings an abundance of wild blueberries in the province. And if you ask second-generation commercial beekeeper Chris Lockhart, New Brunswickers have honey bees to thank.

The public has been asked to support the monitoring of wild and native honey bee colonies as researchers at Galway Honey Bee Research Centre aim to use the recorded data on free-living bees to devise ...

In 2015 the Department of Agriculture decided to give €1.6 million to farmers who agreed to leave a tonne of builder’s sand in the corner of a field and attach bee hotels to tree trunks. The ...

New technology is being used to save one of Scotland’s best loved and most important creatures. Just last week the wild honey bee was classified as endangered for the first time. Now a Scots charity ...

Varroa mite has been detected for the first time in South Australia. Almond and avocado producers are concerned by the threat posed to wild bee populations. Beekeepers and horticulture businesses in ...