Researchers have discovered honey beehives act as "living immune systems" that help protect the bee colony, its offspring and ...

Sydney | Open a honey bee hive on a warm afternoon, and the first thing you’ll notice is movement. Thousands of bees stream ...

We’ve departed from the glistening shores of Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef and spent the last two weeks learning about terrestrial ecology since I last wrote. We went from snorkeling daily to ...

SAO PAULO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Marcio Karai straddles a tree trunk near his home on the outskirts of Brazil's Sao Paulo, setting a small cube before him. The wooden box will serve as a new hive for a ...

Stingless bees are renowned for their delicious and medicinal honey. Many people, like those in the Peruvian Amazon, rely heavily on the honey from stingless bees to treat infections and heal wounds.

The honeybee that sweetened your tea isn’t the only kind of bee that makes the sweet stuff. More than 600 bee species across Mexico, Central and South America and tropical regions worldwide do too.

Peru’s protection of stingless bees pushes the rights-of-nature movement into new territory. Learn more about why it's so important. The scope of human law has grown to embrace an unlikely class of ...

Two municipalities in the Peruvian Amazon have granted native stingless bees the legal right to exist, thrive and be represented in court. This is the first time any insect has been recognized as a ...

ENTMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Taxonomy and diversity of the stingless bee -- Nesting biology -- Anatomy and physiology -- Sex determination and caste ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock On the edge of São Paulo, a Guarani community is doing everything they can to help keep tiny native stingless ...