A Peruvian scientist and her team are working together to make sure stingless bees are around for generations to come by ...

Learn how stingless bees quietly sustain Amazonian forests — and how a new law is changing what happens when they’re harmed.

Some fans of bee venom for skincare claim it has anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory effects. Some say it offers a ...

I n a first for nature and the planet, an insect has been given official legal rights. The revolutionary move comes from Peru ...

In Indigenous Asháninka belief, bees were once spirits in human form. Stories tell of a woman who enjoyed making masato, a ...

In a Caribbean cave, researchers discovered hundreds of fossils with bee nests within them. It is the first time this behavior has been recorded, a new study finds.

For decades, Peruvian law protected the honeybees brought over from Europe while completely ignoring the native stingless ...

Africanized honey bees, also referred to as "killer bees," are currently found in 13 states and are now slowly spreading northward. These bees are the most aggressive species of bee, as they are ...

The weather is cold so what is happening to the bees? Bees go into the hive in a ball called a cluster. As the temperature ...

Urban wild bees carry microbial signatures in their guts that reveal stresses of city living, from limited food to pollution ...

Two Peruvian municipalities reportedly granted legal rights to stingless bees, marking what multiple reports call the first ...