Bee Wars: How Bees Manage Territory, Borders and Conflict
Bees are often presented as symbols of cooperation. The hive appears orderly, purposeful and almost impossibly coordinated. Yet anyone who has kept bees for more than a season knows the…
Meliponiculture: The Art and Science of Stingless Beekeeping
Map of geographic distribution of Meliponini in the Tropical and Subtropical regions of the world. Sagakami, 1982
The Red Dwarf Honeybee’s Arrival in Europe
A Threat to Native Bee Populations and Honey Production For the first time, the red dwarf honeybee (Apis florea), an invasive species native to Asia, has been discovered in Europe.…
Acoustic monitoring for pollinators
CASE STUDY: AGRISOUND With over 75% of fruit crops and as much as £375B of economic activity dependent on insect pollination, there is a tremendous and urgent requirement to take…
Top 10 most important bee species for global food pollination
Bees play a crucial role in global food pollination, and there are thousands of bee species worldwide. While it’s difficult to definitively rank the “top 10 most important bee species,”…
Bee populations – global status!
North America: In North America, bee populations have been facing significant challenges due to factors such as habitat loss, pesticide exposure (particularly neonicotinoids), climate change, and diseases like colony collapse…