As Australian Pollinator Week (8–16 November) gets underway, new research has found that many Australians have poor awareness ...

The discovery of a horned native bee that pollinates a rare plant highlights how little we know about Australian pollinators.

She’s the unofficial queen of the bees – and Jodie Goldsworthy is on a mission to change how Australians think about honey.

A deadly parasite that infests beehives and kills honey bees has spread through regional Victoria. Varroa mites have been detected in beehives throughout the Gippsland region, putting apiarists on ...

Patrick O'Connor receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Agrifutures Australia and State Governments. A tiny parasitic mite that lives on the European honeybee (Apis mellifera) has ...

Honey-bees are widespread as feral animals in Australia. Their impact on Australian ecosystems is difficult to assess, but may include competition with native fauna for floral resources or nesting ...

KANGAROO ISLAND, Australia — Bees swarm around Peter Davis as he unloads his precious, buzzing cargo into their new home in a part of South Australia’s Kangaroo Island that was not devastated by ...

The deadly honey bee parasite, varroa mite, has been detected in South Australia for the first time. The state was the fifth jurisdiction to detect the pest after a discovery was made in the Riverland ...

GRAND FORK, N.D. - North Dakota is the nation's leader in honey production. The University of North Dakota in Grand Forks is a leader in drones and drone research. That led Bee Innovative, an ...

Stingless bees are found throughout tropical and subtropical parts of the world and produce significantly less honey than their European honey bee counterparts (Apis mellifera) which are the world's ...