Late last year, the New South Wales government announced an additional A$9.5 million in funding to support honeybee keepers in the wake of the 2022 arrival and subsequent spread of the Varroa mite.

Bees are distinctive for their black and yellow coloring, but did you know some species are blue? The blue-banded bee is a ...

Eliza Middleton receives funding from The Australian Research Council. Caitlyn Forster receives funding from the Australian Research Council and is a board member for the Australasian Society for the ...

In this video, we demonstrate how to collect honey from Australian native bees using a honey super. How to remove a honey ...

This video shows an Australian stingless native beehive being split to make two hives. These Australian native bees are called Tetragonula carbonaria, but there are over 1500 different varieties of ...

Australian farmers are facing a shortage of bees to pollinate their food crops and are working with beekeepers to develop an emergency plan. Many crops, such as fruit and vegetables, rely heavily on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The nicknamed "Lucifer" bee, or Megachile lucifer, was discovered 2019 in the Goldfields region of western Australia, according to ...

Freya Marie Jackson received funding from the Australian Entomological Society (AES) through their "Small Grant Award", which supported some of this research on native bees. Additionally, she has ...