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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Varroa mites—notorious honey bee parasites—have recently reached Australian shores, detected at the Port of Newcastle in New South Wales last year. If they establish here, there would be significant ...

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