Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’ ...

Stingless bees have pollinated much of the Amazon for 80 million years and support key crops like cacao, coffee, and bananas. In 2025, municipalities in Peru became the first in the world to grant an ...

For the first time in history, the law is recognizing an insect as a rights holder. In Peru's central Amazon, officials in Satipo approved an ordinance recognizing native stingless bees as legal ...

We’ve departed from the glistening shores of Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef and spent the last two weeks learning about terrestrial ecology since I last wrote. We went from snorkeling daily to ...

In the Peruvian Amazon, a tiny pollinator has become the unlikely protagonist of a legal revolution. Local authorities have recognized stingless bees as holders of rights in their own ecosystems, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As President Joe Biden makes history by becoming the first U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest, efforts are being made ...

Stingless bees gather near the entrance to their hive on June 22, 2024. Their hive is nestled in a tiny hole in a tree near Palo Alto’s Rinconada Community Garden. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. Brazilian ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Australian stingless bees have turned the traditional vertical honeycomb on its side, resulting in natural building concepts and efficiency that may provide new ideas for ...