We’ve departed from the glistening shores of Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef and spent the last two weeks learning about terrestrial ecology since I last wrote. We went from snorkeling daily to ...

Some stingless bees seem to be able to choose whether to become a worker or the queen – but thousands of contenders for the throne are executed in each hive. About one-fifth of all Melipona beecheii ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stingless bees (here, a species from Mexico) live in social colonies and collect nectar and pollen, much like our native honeybees ...

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During their brief lifespan, stingless bee soldiers face complex tasks as part of their social organization. Yet do they require larger brains to complete these duties? Dr. Kaitlin Baudier, assistant ...

Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’ Stingless bees from the Amazon have become the first insects to be granted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The queen, on the right with a larger, darker body, is bigger than the worker bees in the colony and lives several times longer.

ENTMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents Taxonomy and diversity of the stingless bee -- Nesting biology -- Anatomy and physiology -- Sex determination and caste ...

The mystery of what creates the rare, healthy sugar found in stingless bee honey, has been solved by researchers at The University of Queensland, in collaboration with Queensland Health Forensic and ...

When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And honey bees have queens, a female who lays essentially all of the eggs for the colony. But most ...

Stingless bees produce a healthier honey, uniquely rich in a rare sugar, called trehalulose, which may have benefits ranging from ranking low on the glycaemic index (GI) to displaying antioxidant ...