By Barbara Bryson, Kim Kelly and Cynthia Lafferty This month, we have two contributors to the Garden Palette — our native plant expert, Cynthia Lafferty from Doak Creek Natives and Barbara ...

Researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT), working with international collaborators, have shown that people in ...

Propolis is a resinous substance honey bees create from plant materials including sap and leaf buds to protect their hives.

Stingless bees are so ancient that they shared the planet with the dinosaurs. For the past 80 million years, stingless bees ...

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a then-Colorado Senator, listens during a press conference to urging Native Americans to vote in 2006. RENEE C. BYER Sacramento Bee file Former U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse ...

If you want to get the buzz on Virginia bees, a new exhibit at Bridgewater College will highlight locals who do work to protect them. The show will feature color photographs and short videos of ...

Researchers in Brazil identified anti-inflammatory properties of a cream made with the propolis of Amazon stingless bees, with results similar to commercial healing ointments. Stingless bees ...

Chocolate-flavored HONEY has been created by scientists in Brazil. The team used a product from native stingless bees to extract bioactive compounds - such as caffeine - from chocolate manufacturing ...

A number of years ago, in a remote part of Western Australia, a researcher discovered a new species of bee. Now it's being introduced to the world. One thing that makes this newcomer unique is that it ...

Megachile Lucifer was found by a researcher as she was observing a rare wildflower that grows in the Bremer Ranges in Western Australia, the BBC reported. What makes the bee unusual are the “highly ...

A scientist was observing a critically endangered wildflower in Australia when she first spotted the bee, sprouting something that closer inspection revealed to be a pair of “demon-like horns.” She ...