The Bee Report

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.

Feral honey bees pose threat to endangered seabirds. Bees and birds are the secret to better coffee. Native parasite thrives alongside its bee host.

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.

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

Happy World Bee Day! The surprising downside of #NoMowMay. Amsterdam may start licensing or restricting bee hives. Pollinators are stars of Chelsea Flower Show in U.K.

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

What happens when an invasive bumble bee overwhelms an ecosystem? Counting bees needs a recalibration. Putting up parking lots put bumble bees at risk.

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.

Become a Friend of the Bee Report. The plant viruses that hitchhike on pollen. National Butterfly Center closing after right-wing attacks. Spring arrives a month earlier in U.K.

The most important bee-related story of the year: That ethanol plant in Nebraska

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.

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.