Climate crisis drives bumblebees closer to extinction
The climate crisis, rampant misuse of pesticides, lack of plant diversity, habitat loss, parasites and pathogens...
The largest solar farm apiary in the US opens this week
An important feature of permaculture is the concept of stacking functions, or finding multiple uses for the same...
Japanese scientists build tiny drone that pollinates like a bee
As concern over dwindling bee populations mounts, a team of chemists at a Japanese institution came up with a robotic...
U.S. Government launches $3.2 million campaign to save monarch butterflies
Spurred into action by monarch butterflies' declining numbers, the United States Government launched a $3.2 million...
23 pollinating species in Britain have gone extinct over the last 150 years
It would appear that pollinators in Britain have been declining for a lot longer than researchers realized. Contrary...
Breathtaking Macro Portraits of Bees by Sam Droege
Droege has taken hundreds of photographs of insects from around the world. His macro portraits of bees from US...
INFOGRAPHIC: How to Identify the Docile Honeybee from its More Aggressive Counterparts
Did you know that one out of three bites of food that Americans eat is directly or indirectly derived from honeybee...
DIY: How to Build an Insect Hotel from Found Materials
Some of you might think it's crazy to start thinking about gardening when winter is just getting started, but the...
Scientists Find Plants Use Caffeine to Attract Bees
According to research recently published in in the journal Science, humans aren't the only creatures who get a...