The bees are working very hard to collect all of the pollen they can. Nectar is very scarce at this time of the year, and the pollen will be one of their winter’s food sources. The collection of fall ...

At Shanidar Cave in the Zagros Mountains of the Kurdish region of Iraq, excavations in the 1950s unearthed the remains of a Neanderthal who had apparently been placed on a bed of flowers after his ...

Researchers have shown that pollen collected by honeybees contains Streptomyces bacteria that are endophytes, symbionts living inside plant tissue. These release antimicrobial compounds that inhibit ...

At first glance, Nam-Joon Cho’s lab at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University looks like a typical research facility — scientists toiling away, crowded workbenches, a hum of machinery in the ...

Honeybees are incredibly intriguing, hardworking creatures that greatly contribute to our environment. From pollinating plants to promoting biodiversity, these insects are crucial parts of a healthy ...

Fall is in the air. Chicago evenings have a crisp breeze. But something has been bugging Annie Andrews. Specifically, bees and wasps and a whole lot of sneezing. “It’s gotten to a point, like, I ...