Bees

LEWISTON, Idaho Everybody seems to love bumblebees. The native insects are generally embraced by humans, who often celebrate them in children's stories and even sometimes dress like them for Halloween or other costume-themed events. But it turns out most peo…

LEWISTON, Idaho - Everybody seems to love bumblebees. The native insects are generally embraced by humans, who often celebrate them in childrens stories and even sometimes dress like them for Halloween or other costume-themed events. But it turns out most pe…

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) Everybody seems to love bumblebees. The native insects are generally embraced by humans, who often celebrate them in children's stories and even sometimes dress like them for Halloween or other costume-themed events. But it turns out mos…

Selwyn Justice, a fourth-generation farmer in the West Valley, says he sees a future for citrus farming in the state despite development and other challenges.  (Photo: Sarabeth Henne/Cronkite News) On a brisk March morning, the engine of Selwyn Justices tru…

Bees are a hot commodity for California almond farmers who've been trucking them in from all over the country to pollinate our state's lucrative almond groves. Demand for bees has exploded so much that around 80% of the income that commercial bee keepers make…

Insects scuttle, chew and fly through the world around us. Humans rely on them to pollinate plants, prey on insects that we dont get along with, and to be movers and shakers for Earths ecosystems. Its hard to imagine a world without insects. Thats why news r…

RESEARCHERS FROM NUI Galway have launched a new survey inviting people to report sightings of wild honey bee colonies across Ireland during the summer months. The survey, the first of its kind in Europe, aims to discover the number and distribution of wild h…

The day scientists warned one million species face extinction and nothing short of "transformative" action will stop ecosystem damage wrecking our way of life, British journalists went into overdrive. Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, had just given birth…

The global decline in bee populations poses a serious threat to a wide variety of plants critical to human well-being and livelihoods, and countries should do more to safeguard them in the fight against hunger and malnutrition, FAO stressed Monday, as it mark…

File photo: Reuters Bees are apex pollinators, and along with other animals such as butterflies, birds and beetles, are responsible for pollinating around 70% of all food. To raise awareness of the importance of pollinators, the threats they face and their …