Phil Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Phil. Beth And I'm Beth. Do you like honey, Phil? Phil ...

The honey bee is the third insect to have its genome sequenced and analyzed. The malaria-carrying mosquito (Anopheles gambiae) was completed in 2002 and the fruit fly ...

Non-native honeybees are so effective at pollinating, they pose a significant threat to native California bees and other ...

From pesticide detox to increased longevity, the benefits of the sweet stuff for bees go well beyond simply nourishing the hardworking insects in the hive. Bee gold: Why honey is an insect ...

The majority of Earth's plant species, including our crop plants, rely on the services of animal pollinators in order to ...

By Mongabay.com Experts warn the indiscriminate use of insecticides by farmers in Bangladesh to protect their crops is ...

The fading of insects from the world is not immediate. It is a slow and painful unraveling. Starting subtly, we will notice a ...

While honey bees — the most important pollinator of crops — seem particularly affected, other pollinators, such as bumble bees, suffer, too. Such insects visit flowers to forage for nectar and ...

Honey bees’ stingers get stuck in their victim’s flesh on backwards barbs, and pull out of the insect’s body, ultimately killing it. And honey bees aren’t alone.

From pesticide detox to increased longevity, the benefits of the sweet stuff for bees go well beyond simply nourishing the hardworking insects in the hive. It should come as no surprise that bees ...