Bees

Researchers stunned: Queen bumblebees survive more than a week underwater

Scientists say the terrestrial insects endured continuous underwater conditions in controlled laboratory experiments, an outcome they did not anticipate.

Bumblebee.
Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer named after Tom Ellis's character Lucifer

Scientists select demonic name for new horned 'Lucifer' bee species discovered in Australia

 BeeHero

With smart hives: The startup fighting the rise in bee mortality

 A bee in action

Millions of bees killed daily on highways, new study reveals


Bee 'wiggle dance' inspires new way for robots to communicate

Robots could use motion-based communication to communicate even when there's no digital network available.

Bees in their natural habitat

Bee-io’s cultivated honey is pure, baby-safe, and 100% bee-free

The company has announced that industrial-scale production of their product will begin by March 2022.

 Photo of Ofir Dvash CEO of Bee-io

Asian honey bees 'scream' when attacked by hornets

When hornets attack their hives, Asian honey bees produce special warning sounds that sound like screams.

 Asian honey bees in Japan

Bees scream at hornets that attack their beehive, study shows

Asian honey bees create a shrieking sound by flapping their wings when their hive is being attacked by a hornet, a new study found.

bees on honeycomb illustrative

Why are bees becoming an endangered species in Israel?

Michal Herzog meets with beekeepers to find out why.

 Israeli beekeeper Paz Raziel check a honeycomb in a field near Kibbutz Yad Mordechai

Israeli start-up Beewise is saving honey bees from extinction

Beewise developed Beehome, a robotic beehive that houses up to 40 colonies.

BEEWISE FOUNDERS (left to right) Hillel Schreier, Eliyah Radzyner, Saar Safra, Yossi Surin, Boaz Petersil.

2020 started with murder hornets, ends with new species of wild bee

The researchers believe that the species is likely unique to the sands of Israel's coastal plain.

New bee species, Lasioglossum dorchini, discovered in Israel

Hives, honeycombs stolen in Galilee region

The theft comes weeks prior Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, when honey is used by many families to celebrate the new year.

GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL production has taken a hit in recent years due to declining bee populations.

Entomologists are on mission to stop murder hornets spreading in America

The giant hornets, dubbed 'murder hornets' by some researchers, kill up to 50 people a year in Japan.

An Asian hornet, Latin name "Vespa Velutina", is seen in Vertou, near Nantes, France, September 10, 2018.

Agritech startup solving 'ever-growing' pollination problem

Edete Precision Technologies for Agriculture has developed high-efficiency artificial pollination

A honey bee pollinating a flower.