Most legal systems treat insects as property, pests, or simply ignore them. Late last year, two municipalities in the ...

For a long time, insects have barely registered in environmental law. Even as scientists warned that pollinators were disappearing and food systems were becoming more fragile, bees and other insects ...

Stingless bees are renowned for their delicious and medicinal honey. Many people, like those in the Peruvian Amazon, rely heavily on the honey from stingless bees to treat infections and heal wounds.

Bumble bees sustain many of our most nutritious crops, while honey bees underpin food production across the globe.

Roubik, David Ward. 1995. "Stingless Bee Colonies for Pollination." In Pollination of Cultivated Plants in the Tropics. Roubik, David Ward, editor. 150–154. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of ...

The mystery of what creates the rare, healthy sugar found in stingless bee honey, has been solved by researchers at The University of Queensland, in collaboration with Queensland Health Forensic and ...

Peruvian municipalities in Satipo and Nauta have granted legal rights to native stingless bees. These tiny pollinators are ...

Many people get apprehensive at the sight of bees, for fear of getting stung. I usually make a beeline out of the area. Actually, I don’t fully understand what all the buzz is about. Bees play an ...

You know honeybees make honey, but did you know they make bread too? And four other types of bees are also dedicated chefs! Alfalfa leafcutting bees take a punch from a flower for your ice cream. Blue ...

Warzones, microplastics and light pollution pose serious new risks to bees and other pollinators over the next decade, according to a landmark report on today’s World Bee Day. The report from Bee:wild ...

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 ...