Australia is one of the few countries still free of a deadly bee parasite. A team of Australians have built a high-tech device to keep our bees safe – and it’s inspired by the bees themselves.
The beautiful green carpenter bee was badly affected by the 2019/2020 catastrophic bushfires. This is what scientists are doing to save it.
The humble honeybee can use symbols to perform basic maths including addition and subtraction, shows new research published today in the journal Science Advances.
When you think of honey you probably think of bees, but wasps and ants can produce honey as well.
We’re so used to seeing honey and bumble bees that you could be forgiven for assuming bees only came in yellow and black.
Public pressure is growing in Australia to ban the sale of pesticides called neonicotinoids because of their harmful effects on bees.
Yet another new species of teddy bear bee has been discovered in northern Queensland during a ‘bush blitz’ of the area.
With camera in hand, insect photographer James Dorey travelled the country capturing the diversity of our native bees up close.