bees

These Girl Scouts are saving wild bees, one ‘hotel’ at a time

"We work together to make a fun bee hotel so the bees can fit their fuzzy little buns in.”

Bees face yet another lethal threat in dicamba, a drift-prone pesticide

The EPA extended its approval of the weed killer for two more years, despite scientists’ warnings.

What can we learn from individually tagging 960 bees? A lot!

"We just had to hold them in our hands and hope the glue dried quickly" and other adventures in bee science.

This beekeeping donkey has his own beekeeper suit

Manuel Juraci is an unusually successful beekeeper because he has a donkey in a beekeeper suit.

Why are French bees making blue and green honey?

French bees don't have much better taste than American bees, it turns out.

Slovenians house their bees in works of art

Slovenes provide gorgeous painted beehives for their colonies

Critical buzz: Thousands of volunteers count bees to help scientists save them

On Saturday, pollination enthusiasts across the country participated in The Great Bee Count to help scientists stay on top of dwindling honeybee and native bee populations.

Buzzkill: EPA rejects beekeepers’ pesticide petition

In March, beekeepers and environmentalists petitioned the EPA to take the pesticide clothianidin -- a suspect in bee die-offs -- off the market. Last week, EPA said no.

Bye bye bumblebee: Honeybees aren’t the only pollinators in danger

The honeybee calamity has overshadowed the distressing fate of their native cousins, whose disappearance threatens the future of nearly every blooming wild plant.