Bloomington is officially a Bee City USA member, Bloomington Parks and Recreation announced on Facebook on Jan. 20.

Apart from managed honey bees, there is increasing evidence that some wild bee species have experienced regional declines in North America. These include Bombus affinis, the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, ...

While honeybees experience a national moment in the spotlight of conservation efforts, other types of bees — particularly those that call the Midwest home — are invariably being pushed to the margins.

Recently, I was out in my garden pulling up old pieces of bamboo used for fencing around some fragile native plants getting established. I was in the process of making a pile of them to burn, when ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - They’re fuzzy, they’re yellow, and they’re one of the fastest growing livestock in the United States. And, yes, the federal ...

MAYA ATHERLY-LARSEN: Hey there busy bees! I’m Maya Atherly-Larsen, your host from the Minnesota Daily, and you’re tuning into In The Know, the podcast that brings you all the latest on the University ...

Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’ ...

HELP SOME OF IOWA’S SMALLEST BUT MOST IMPORTANT RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT THE BUMBLEBEE ATLAS. IS JENNY PUGA, A CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST WITH THE XERCES SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION. THANKS FOR ...

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has opened the first native stingless bee culture site at the JET Farm in Sitio Julo, Sta. Rita, Olongapo City. The project was aimed at promoting ...

Late last year, the New South Wales government announced an additional A$9.5 million in funding to support honeybee keepers in the wake of the 2022 arrival and subsequent spread of the Varroa mite.