Picture shows a bee on a dandelion, undated. Informing people about the crucial role of bees may not suffice to save them, an American scientist has warned. (Thomas Hochwarter, NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows Hodgie Holgersen, a Tidewater Beekeepers Association member, undated. Hodgie got into apiculture as a child after reading a book on honeybees. (NewsX/Bee)
Officers attend the repot of a swarm of bees in Guadalajara, Mexico, undated. The insects stung at least 10 people outside a shopping centre. (@ProteccionCivilGDL, NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows Dominik Linhard - who works for Vienna-based organisation Global 2000, undated. Speaking to NewsX, Dominik criticised the ongoing sealing of soils in Austria as construction projects often diminish the habitat of various animals including pollinators like bees. (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows graduated engineer Harald Brugger from the Vienna-based Umweltberatung consulting agency, undated. He warned that anyone getting too close to a nest of the invasive species was at high risk of getting stung "several times." (NewsX/Bee)
Illustrative image of a botanical garden in Linz, Austria, undated. A botanical garden in Austria which offers lectures and workshops regarding bees has registered more visitors than ever before last year, it has emerged. (NewsX/Bee)