Earth.com

Flowers help bee viruses spread from hives into the wild

Viruses spread from honey bees to wild bees through shared flowers, threatening pollination and plant communities.
Phys.org

Honey bees are surprisingly abundant, research shows—but most are wild, not managed in hives

There are roughly 100 million managed western honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in hives worldwide, with about half in Europe, Africa and western Asia, where the species is native, and the rest in ...
Phys.org

Two bees or not two bees? How wild bees feel the sting of honeybee competition

Resource overlap between wild bees and honeybees on Giannutri Island. Credit: Current Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.02.048 Researchers from the University of Florence and University of Pisa ...
Ars Technica

Why we desperately need wild bees

When ecologist Rachael Winfree first began studying bees 25 years ago, she happened upon a surprise: a species of plasterer bee in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, not seen in 50 years and suspected to ...
Purdue University

As-needed pesticide use brings wild bees, increases watermelon yield without reducing corn profits

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Many farmers rent bee hives to pollinate crops, but they could tap into the free labor of wild bees by adopting an as-needed approach to pesticides, a new proof-of-concept study ...
The Conversation

Wild bees are under threat from domestic bees, invasive species, pathogens and climate change — but we can help

Sebastian Irazuzta received funding from McMaster University, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation, and NSERC. Noah Stegman received funding from McMaster University and NSERC. Susan A. Dudley receives ...

PEI beekeepers share concerns about hives amid freeze-thaw cycles

Beekeepers on Prince Edward Island are sharing concerns about the bee population, as the hives struggle through changing ...