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

Australia's native bees are underscoring a counterintuitive climate warning. A new study found that bees nesting inside thin plant stems receive so little protection from external ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rosalyn Gloag Bees have many different ways of building their homes. Many people will be familiar with the hives of European ...

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. Subscribe to our ...

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 ...

Australian native bees have evolved complex social structures and foraging behaviours that help biologists answer longstanding questions, such as the origins of social behaviour, and the drivers of ...

Native bees can be almost any colour - red, yellow, orange, green, blue, black and white, and while some have dense fur covering their bodies, others are smooth, hairless and shiny. Aussie bees range ...

Over 20 native bee hives evicted from the Red Arrow walking track have found new homes in local kindergartens and schools, ...

Resistance to synthetic antibiotics poses a critical global health challenge. Various European honeybee and other natural products have been proposed as novel therapeutic agents to address this ...

Australia is home to over 1,700 bee species. These species fall into categories that burrow in the ground, use trees to build hives, or use stems as a home for the colony. Native Australian ...