Sulfoxaflor, an alternative insect-killer to older chemicals that decimate pollinators, turns out to kneecap colonies.

Urban colonies had more offspring, survived longer, and hosted fewer parasites.

The insects correctly ordered an absence of black dots as “less than” a group of black dots.

The pesticides, which studies show are harmful to bees, will be prohibited in open fields by the end of 2018.

Researchers pinpoint a protein that can metabolize at least one of the insecticides, highlighting a route to identifying compounds that are friendlier to the critical pollinators.

Japanese honeybees (Apis cerana japonica) respond to an attack by a Vespa mandarinia wasp.

Scientists identify floral temperature patterns as a sensory cue that may help bees identify flower species. 

Entomologists have rediscovered a species of moth that was considered lost for 130 years. 

Female South African bees evolved lengthy limbs to better amass oil from the snapdragon flowers they pollinate.