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 celebrates the vital role of pollinators, Dr. Prendergast hopes the findings will inspire a more inclusive approach—one that brings all of Australia's native bees, not ...

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 has revealed Marri trees are critical to the survival of more than 80 species of native bee in Western Australia's South West region, which is one of the world's most biologically rich ...

Bees are critical to our biodiversity, but they’re in trouble. The University of Melbourne's new Map of the Month tells us ...

Researchers say Australia is in a unique position to prepare native species for the impacts of the Varroa destructor—a mite now on our shores after decimating honeybee populations in other parts of ...

New Curtin University research has revealed that high densities of European honey bees could be harming Australian native bees’ ‘fitness’ by reducing their reproductive success and altering key traits ...

A few years ago, wild bee ecologist Kit Prendergast was searching for pollinators of an endangered wildflower when she spotted a strange bee. “I discovered the species while surveying a rare plant in ...

When we think of bees, we often think of flowers. The more flowers the better, right? Well, not exactly. Like us, bees need ...

For centuries, honey bees have remained a fundamental sustainer of agriculture worldwide, pollinating more than 130 types of ...