Honey bees are more faithful to their flower patches than bumble bees when it comes to returning to collect more pollen and nectar. (Fabiana Fragoso, NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows Penn State University, undated. Scientists from Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) determined that colonies at different apiaries in New York and Pennsylvania were worse affected by the Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) than honeybees from Arnot Forest near Ithaca, New York. (NewsX/Bee)
Penn State Study Could Revolutionise Varroa Treatment
Components of the venom cocktail used by wild bees such as the Banded Mud-Bee (Megachile ericetorum) are evolutionarily older than their sting, undated photo. (Bjrn von Reumont, NewsX/Bee)
Study Reveals Origin Of Bee Venom
Picture shows Xylocopa violacea, undated. One of the insects that thrive in urbanised regions is the violet carpenter bee, a solitary pollinator which is often mistaken for a bumblebee due to its remarkable body length of up to 25 millimetres. (NewsX/Bee)
Big Bees Do Better In Cities, Study Shows
Illustrative image of bees. (NewsX/Bee)
Moving Away Did Not Stop Young Lover Of Nature To Continue Beekeeping
Tetragonula hockingsi bees roosting for the night, undated. Holly Farnan has been part of a team of researchers who studied the situation of the Tetragonula hockingsi, a small stingless bee that lives in the tropics and subtropics of Queensland and the Northern Territory. (Dr Peter Yeeles, NewsX/Bee)