Picture shows founders Mark (left) and Martin Poreda (right), undated. Hektar Nektar has developed into one of the most important platforms for buying honeybee colonies and various apiculture equipment online. (Hektar Nektar, NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows a Colletes cunicularius, undated. The Natural History Museum Stuttgart's wild bee committee decided to award the spring mining bee (Colletes cunicularius) to highlight its precarious situation and astonishing habits. (NewsX/Bee)
Awareness Award For Bee Species Often Seen At Playgrounds
Picture shows the Flinders University in Australia, undated. The Flinders University researchers - who published their study in the magazine Biology Letters - also found out that - when supported by helpful guards in their nests - queens lay more offspring. (Flinders University, NewsX/Bee)
Complex Kin Selection Helps Native Bee To Survive
Illustrative image of a bee, undated. (NewsX/Bee)
USDA Presents ‘First-Of-Its-Kind’ Bee Genome Research
Picture shows what appear to be Spanish bees (Apis mellifera iberiensis), undated. The Ministry for Agriculture and Nutrition announced it would inject EUR 250,000 (GBP 219,000) into a new queen-breeding initiative on the Balearic Islands in support of the Spanish bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis). (NewsX/Bee)
Massive Queen-Breeding Plan For Balearics Unveiled
Verica and Antonio Arnautovski from North Macedonia pose in an undated photo. Ten years ago they established their apiary in Vladimirovo in eastern North Macedonia. (NewsX/Bee)