The female of the species has devil-like black horns, and a taste for extremely rare pollen. But until now, this Australian native bee has never been officially named or identified. My discovery of ...

A team of researchers has discovered 71 new native bee species belonging to the resin pot bees, or Megachile (Austrochile), which are unique to Australia and present in every state and territory ...

As Australian Pollinator Week (8–16 November) gets underway, new research has found that many Australians have poor awareness of Australian native bee species—revealing a significant gap in public ...

When extreme heat scorches Australia, underground bees retreat into insulating soil to survive, but stem-nesting bees have ...

Bees have many different ways of building their homes. Many people will be familiar with the hives of European honeybees, often found in tree cavities. But many other bees – including many of ...

A major study of Australian native bees found that stem-nesting species may be the first to feel the impact of climate change. Unlike bees that nest underground, they have few ways to escape dangerous ...

New research on Australian native bees suggests that species nesting inside plant stems may be especially vulnerable to rising temperatures. The findings show that pollinator survival depends not only ...

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