

Nation May 04

The world's largest hornet, with an appetite for honey bees, has been found in Washington state, where entomologists were making plans to wipe it out.
By Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press
Science Nov 19

Detroit is known for the rhythms of Motown and the hum of automobile manufacturing plants. Now, one nonprofit is adding a new sound to this urban landscape: the buzzing of bees. Special correspondent Mary Ellen Geist reports on the efforts…
By Mary Ellen Geist
Science Jul 25

Humans rely heavily on pollinator bees to sustain food production globally. But for decades, the insects' population has declined, in part because of pesticide use. If the die-off continues, it will have huge economic and public health consequences for people.
By William Brangham, Rachel Wellford
Nation Jul 12

The Environmental Protection Agency is reversing a ban on the use of Dow AgroSciences' sulfoxaflor.
By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press
Jun 26

By Berly McCoy
Everyone wants to save the bees, but we may be saving them to death.
May 06

By Jim Daley, Scientific American
As scientists discover neonicotinoid pesticides in unexpected locations and associated with health problems, a growing body of research challenges the assumption these are safer and less likely to spread than other types of pesticide.
Feb 06

By Vicky Stein
Despite their “miniature brains,” honeybees can harness both long-term rules and short-term memory in order to solve math problems.
Jul 27

By Karin Alton and Francis L. W. Ratnieks, The Conversation
There is a common assumption that those plants which delight human eyes will also be the most attractive for bees. Two scientists at the University of Sussex can offer a more empirical take.
Jul 04

If you enjoy a beer on a summer day, you can thank yeast, the microbes that ferment sugar into alcohol and give beer its character. After innumerable generations of using just two types of yeast, a lab in North Carolina…
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