The Great British Bee Count has found yellow and black bumblebees to be the most common species volunteers have seen across the UK, all of which...
Louise Green is acting head of sustainability at Neal’s Yard Remedies, a leading British retailer of organic natural health and beauty products. The company won Ethical Corporation’s...
A coalition of campaigners have urged prime minister David Cameron to uphold a ban on bee-killing pesticides, as his cabinet decides whether to grant an emergency...
A type of parasite is causing UK bees to contract deformed wing virus (DWV), which leads to developmental deformities and reduces their foraging ability, a new study...
Environmental campaigners have launched a petition urging prime minister David Cameron to uphold a ban on pesticides that pose a serious risk to threatened bee populations....
The Duchy of Lancaster has offered financial support for those who wish to begin beekeeping on its land, in an effort to combat the decline of...
BBC presenter Alys Fowler is urging gardeners to make use of their time off this Easter by making their gardens more bee-friendly, in an effort to...
Almost a quarter of Europe’s bumblebee species are threatened with extinction, including some that are essential to European agriculture, a new study has found. Researchers from...
Australian scientists are attaching minute sensors to honeybees to track their movements, in an effort to improve understanding of what is causing the potentially devastating loss...
Traffic fumes can affect how honeybees locate and identify flowers, seriously impacting their foraging efficiency with potentially damaging effects on already troubled bee populations, according to...
A new study has found that bees fly away from good food sources that they associate with risky predators. The research explains that bees’ fear is...
The short-haired bumblebee, declared extinct in 2000, has begun nesting at the Dungeness reserve in Kent, as part of a reintroduction plan by the RSPB. Two...
The government has published a statement explaining that it must accept the EU ban of the pesticides linked to bee deaths, but that it rejects the...
You’ve probably never really had the urge to stick your head into a beehive, but now, thanks to Explore and its new live feed straight from...
A majority of EU member states have backed proposals to restrict the use of a fourth insecticide that scientists have found is harmful to honeybees. Experts...