Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary ...
New research found that more than 22% of native pollinators in North America are at an elevated risk of extinction.
This trend raises an unsettlingly less-than-hypothetical question: What would happen if bees went extinct? Shortly, nothing good. The immediate impact of global bee eradication on agriculture ...
Many butterflies, bees and moths are fluttering into oblivion. A new report co-authored by a Canadian researcher warns that more than one-fifth of pollinator species it studied in North America are at ...
Farmers are struggling to pollinate their crops. And with fewer bees and rising costs, the price of everything — from almonds ...
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The Swarm of People Intent on Saving Our Bees
Native bees in the United States are dying due to pesticides, disease and habitat loss. These insects play a critical role in ...
Beekeepers reported that 62 percent of their colonies died at the start of 2025, raising questions about the reason why so ...
The bee population in the UK is declining quickly, and some species of the insect are even on the endangered list. We turn to ...
The study's key findings include: One in five pollinators at risk: 22.6% of assessed species face elevated extinction risk, underscoring an urgent need for conservation. Bees most threatened ...
Beekeepers from across the country are gathering in the midlands this weekend to highlight their concerns around the native Irish honey bee which they say is at grave risk of extinction ...