At Bendix Woods County Park, an indoor observation hive gives visitors of all ages a close-up look at bees and their important role in nature. Learn how these small pollinators support the environment ...

Nature’s most dazzling colors can be strangely rare. Walk through a park or forest and you see greens, yellows and reds that ...

Two local ordinances granted rights to at least 175 stingless bee species in Peru, which are culturally and spiritually ...

Inside the confines of a butterfly and bee garden, signs of the season are all around. "A lot of pollinators have just started emerging and arriving. That's been really nice. A lot of the bumble bees ...

Stingless bees are so ancient that they shared the planet with the dinosaurs. For the past 80 million years, stingless bees ...

Honey bees play a pivotal role in both global agriculture and ecosystem health, and their associated microbial communities have emerged as critical determinants of bee well‐being. The honey bee ...

In the Peruvian Amazon, a tiny pollinator gains legal standing—and reshapes conservation.

I n a first for nature and the planet, an insect has been given official legal rights. The revolutionary move comes from Peru, where the world’s oldest bee species is responsible for pollinating over ...

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In a remote corner of Peru’s central Amazon, a small, ancient pollinator has quietly rewritten legal history. Native ...