The year 2022 will go down in history as one defined by many challenges. The Covid-19 pandemic dragged into its third year, the war in Ukraine destabilized world security and finances, and record heat ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

Recent calls to the Purdue Extension office have prompted me to re-visit a topic I have written about before: bees or wasps that form an elaborate nest and function as a colony. We call them “social” ...

The extreme weather that has battered much of the U.S. in 2022 doesn’t just affect humans. Heat waves, wildfires, droughts and storms also threaten many wild species — including some that already face ...

Any observant person with a garden knows that where there are flowers, there will also be bees. But bees are in trouble, and we can adapt our gardens to encourage and nurture them — perhaps including ...

Photographer Karine Aigner — only the fifth woman to win the top award from London’s Natural History Museum in 58 years — got up close to the action in Texas in May as the group of bees clambered and ...

Farmers know not to apply pesticides on their fields during flowering season when bees are present. But wild bees can come into contact with pesticide residues, in some cases, for months after ...

When temperatures rise, so does the need for honey bee hydration, said Jon Zawislak, an extension expert in bees and urban entomology for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.

Ryan Gilligan, a bee expert, said he has removed bees from a number of homes, apartments, barns and trees in the past seven years. Getty Images OMAHA, Neb. — About 6,000 bees were recently removed ...

The London Natural History Museum announced the 2022 winners of its Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. The 20 winners were selected from more than 38,000 entries. Winning photos include a ...

For B-Z Bee Pollination owner John Foster, receiving the 2022 Yolo County Business of the Year award from California Sen. Bill Dodd was a surprise. “Well, I couldn’t believe it,” Foster emphasized. “I ...