
Picture shows Peponapis pruinosa, undated. Entomologists at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) examined local squash bee populations to find that the pollinator strongly benefited from the immense increase in the cultivation of pumpkins and zucchinis across North America in the past 1,000 years. (USDA ARS, NewsX/Bee)
Americans’ Love For Pumpkins Boosts Wild Bee Population

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 a bee on a flower, undated. More than 40,000 square metres of public property all over Berlin have been turned into wild bee habitats, officials in the German capital have revealed. (dr Christian Schmid-Egger, NewsX/Bee)
Berlin Prolongs Wild Bee Protection Project

Picture shows Zohra, 13, (left) and Louisa Boucheloukh, 9, (right) in undated footage. The two sisters have raised hundreds of Euros to create a flower seed vending machine in a bid to ensure the existence of wild bee species. (NewsX/Bee)