Bees

They have bright yellow legs, are about 25mm (almost 1in) long, and a single colony, if left unchecked, can “butcher”…

The curious case of the queen bee has long had scientists pondering whether the head of the hive harbours the…

On a summer day in Somers, Wisconsin, Dave Giordano heard an unexpected buzzing in his back yard. What he found…

I’m an only child and grew up in the US in a time when children were free-range. My parents would…

The use of pesticides on UK farms is to be reduced by 10% by 2030 under government plans to protect…

Figures show 2024 was the worst year for bumblebees in the UK since records began. Bumblebee numbers declined by almost…

Several hundred bees in rural Pennsylvania and rural New York are sporting tiny QR codes on their backs. More than…

Bee-killing pesticides have been banned for emergency use in the UK for the first time in five years after the…

Using high levels of common fertilisers on grassland halves pollinator numbers and drastically reduces the number of flowers, research from…

Bee-killing pesticides are to be banned by the UK government, as ministers set out plans to outlaw the use of…