A small, stingless bee may be able to do two jobs at once on Brazilian coffee farms: raise yields while also fitting into ...

The team used a product from native stingless bees to extract bioactive compounds - such as caffeine - from chocolate manufacturing waste. They say the process adds nutritional and commercial value to ...

Stingless bees are so ancient that they shared the planet with the dinosaurs. For the past 80 million years, stingless bees have been pollinating 80% of the Amazon’s flora, including such crops as ...

A Brazilian study has found pollination by a small species of bee has increased coffee yield, marking a significant step in ...

A Peruvian scientist and her team are working together to make sure stingless bees are around for generations to come. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza, founder of Amazon Research Internacional, and Constanza ...

Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’ Stingless bees from the Amazon have become the first insects to be granted ...

Stingless bees (here, a species from Mexico) live in social colonies and collect nectar and pollen, much like our native honeybees. However, they do not have a stinger and defend themselves in other ...

Honey from stingless bees contains large amounts of a unique sugar that’s not a major component of any other food, according to researchers. It has a range of health benefits, from preventing tooth ...