The Bee Report

Strawberries are smaller when bees ingest pesticides. Isolated mountaintops teem with unique insect communities. Royal beekeeper had to inform Queen Elizabeth's bees of her death.

Harmful pesticides found in milkweeds from retail nurseries. Flowering plants are 150 million years older than previously thought. Dawson's burrowing bee at risk from tourists and careless drivers.

IRA has $20 billion to fix farms – and help pollinators. How is climate change stressing bees? Look at their wings. Backyard mosquito spraying may be deadly to bees.

U.S. Congress is set to pass a huge wildlife conservation bill. Self‑pollinating plant shows rapid loss of genetic variation. Survey finds native New York pollinators at risk.

Crustaceans ‘pollinate’ seaweed. Could carbon dioxide be a new tool against varroa mites? Burned forest now landscape abuzz with bees and flowers.

What is behind the dramatic decline in bee populations? Moths pollinate clover flowers at night, after bees have gone home. If insects feel pain, should we reconsider how we experiment on them?

The DNA of hundreds of insect species is in your tea. When humans are forced to replace the bees they killed. Urban ag can promote bee communities in tropical cities.

Bumble bees kept in isolation become social butterflies later. Ag consortium seeks to appeal recent ruling that protects bumble bees. Computer model to predict whether a pesticide will harm bees.

Growing a highway for U.K.'s insect ‘commuters’. Endangered Species Act restored in U.S. Reflections on the state of bee monitoring.

Rare bumble bee sighted in Wales. State of emergency for Australian honey bees. A third of Brits have no idea why bees are so important.

Once-Common California bumble bees have gone missing. EU proposes cutting pesticides by half by 2030. Clues to wild bee health found in their gut microbiome.

Social life of Australian bee offers insights on evolution. Exposure to novel insecticide impairs bumble bee behavior. Monarch butterfly numbers are solid – or are they?