Community Science Ignites Hope for Bumble Bee Conservation Local conservationists are collecting important data that help researchers and land managers protect the bees Text and photographs by Anne Readel August 1, 2024 In this story: bees, science, endangered species
Blossoms Over Blades: Embrace "Slow Mow Summer" for a Buzz-Worthy Lawn If you’re a fan of No Mow May, you’re going to love Slow Mow Summer By Anne Readel May 12, 2024 In this story: wildflowers, bees
Scientists Race to Find Out Why the Western Bumblebee Is Disappearing Bombus occidentalis was common across the West, but since the 1990s its numbers have plummeted By Sarah Trent December 27, 2023 In this story: bees, endangered species, hiking
Tiny Census, Big Impacts Thanks to the Southeast Bumble Bee Atlas The new initiative strives to inform pollinator conservation By Daniel Walton October 29, 2023 In this story: bees, endangered species
Giant Armadillos Were Destroying Beehives in Brazil New tools help a community coexist with the natural world around it By Jill Langlois July 11, 2023 In this story: animals, bees, agriculture, forests, saving wild places
Conservation Efforts Have a Massive Blind Spot How creating protected areas for insects could help stem the biodiversity crisis By Grace van Deelen March 26, 2023 In this story: insects, saving wild places, wildlife, bees, endangered species
Can Big Solar Installations Help Foster Biodiversity? Some solar farms are providing habitat for bees, birds, and butterflies By Jennifer Clare Ball June 2, 2021 In this story: bees, solar
Insomniac Bees Sleep-deprived honeybees exposed to neonicotinoids can’t make it back to the hive By Sara Novak December 18, 2020 In this story: bees
Love Your Lawn? Let It Grow. And grow and grow and grow By Ashia Ajani February 22, 2020 In this story: science, urban planning, politics, bees, pollinators
One-Third of Our Food Supply Relies on a Very Sick Species: Honeybees "The Pollinators" highlights problems for the managed honeybee By Austyn Gaffney October 19, 2019 In this story: film, bees