Honey bee populations are again declining, threatening crops. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Dave Hunter, who raises the unsung hero of the orchard (and champion pollinator), the Mason bee.

This includes the famous honey bees and bumblebees. Andrenidae is an example of a family entirely composed of solitary bees. Rather than live in hives, these bees nest on the ground. There are ...

Pinned up on one of the walls in Paddy Gorman’s farm workshop near Kilmessan is his favourite saying. It’s a message, written ...

Commercial beekeepers have reported losing around 62% of their colonies over the winter, far higher than the usual honey bee ...

Bee advocate and scientist Sarah Red-Laird spends most of her days in Oregon vineyards, farms and fields, advising growers on ...

Queens eat royal jelly, which has antioxidants and less sugar than the honey tkhat workers eat. This is thought to be part of the reasons queens outlive worker bees. The gut bacteria of queen bees are ...

Although social bees are more familiar, in the U.S., 98% of bee species are solitary. So, they live on their own, not in hives or nests. Most solitary bees only live for about a year. However ...

Honeybee populations are again declining, threatening crops. But the honeybee is not the only bee that can work in the fields.