One out of every three mouthfuls of our food depends on pollinators such as bees. Crops that depend on pollination are five times more valuable than those that do not. Social bees, such as honeybees ...

but they do see ultraviolet For bees, the visible spectrum stops somewhere in the yellower shades of orange, but they can often still recognize red flowers by their shape and smell. Things get ...

Bees do not create honey; they are actually improving upon a plant product, nectar. The honey we eat is nectar that bees have repeatedly regurgitated and dehydrated. The average American consumes ...

Researchers put a sensor at the entrance of beehives to register each time the pollinators entered or exited, and how long ...

Discover fascinating insights into the behavior of honey bees. A new study reveals how far they travel to forage and how long ...

Entomologists are gluing tiny QR codes on honey bees to better track the pollinators’ travel habits and life cycles. In doing ...

Given these insects' vital role in our lives, here are 12 things you probably didn't know about bees.

Flowers, honey and plenty of produce: bees play a vital role in nature's ecosystem, and without them, we wouldn't have any of these things. To mark World Bee Day, experts have spoken to the ABC ...

You can see them out gathering pollen sometimes, on a warm sunny winter day. It helps if you have some nectar and pollen plants. Recently I was at a local nursery and saw a table full of Gaillardia.