Wild queen bumblebees get killed by worker bees inside commercial hives after they are lured in by vibrant colors and the promise of usurping the resident queen. When you purchase through links on our ...

While testing how well commercial bumblebees pollinate early spring crops, researchers made a surprising discovery: dead wild bumblebee queens in the hives, an average of 10 per nest box. While ...

Resource overlap between wild bees and honeybees on Giannutri Island. Credit: Current Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.02.048 Researchers from the University of Florence and University of Pisa ...

This is not the plot of a new Game of Thrones spinoff, but a common and violent reality in honey bee colonies. As with any ...

The number of hives in cities keeps growing. In Paris, for example, the number of registered hives has jumped up by a factor of eight over the last decade. It’s billed as good for nature. But a recent ...

Several wildlife species across the world are now moving toward endangerment or extinction as their habitats are slowly beginning to disappear due to various reasons. Some of the most common causes of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Many farmers rent bee hives to pollinate crops, but they could tap into the free labor of wild bees by adopting an as-needed approach to pesticides, a new proof-of-concept study ...

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Spencer Hardy has a well-practiced bee-catching swing. He lunges forward with a net attached to a long handle, sometimes crashing into the brush or tall grass, and swipes the bee into his net. Just as ...