In an effort to create some buzz for the recent World Bee Day on May 20, Italian beekeeper Rocco Filomeno has built a wonderfully whimsical "Air bee and bee" tiny house-style dwelling. Installed in an ...

Every year on May 20th, we celebrate World Bee Day — a holiday dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of bees and other pollinators. Bees play a crucial role in the health of our planet, ...

The world’s population of honey bees has been disappearing at an alarming rate. This isn’t a new phenomenon and environmentalists, bee activists, scientists, farmers and others have been trying for ...

High heat and heavy metals dampen a bumblebee’s trademark buzz, threatening pollen release and colony chatter. Tiny sensors captured up-to-400-hertz tremors that falter under environmental stress, ...

Ongoing research into the effect of environmental change on the buzzing of bees reveals that high temperatures and exposure to heavy metals reduces the frequency (and audible pitch) of non-flight wing ...