The female of the species has devil-like black horns, and a taste for extremely rare pollen. But until now, this Australian native bee has never been officially named or identified. My discovery of ...
After a devastating bushfire, efforts to help nature recover typically focus on vertebrates and plants. Yet extreme fires can threaten insects, too. After the Black Summer fires of 2019–20, I embarked ...
A team of researchers has discovered 71 new native bee species belonging to the resin pot bees, or Megachile (Austrochile), which are unique to Australia and present in every state and territory ...
A few years ago, wild bee ecologist Kit Prendergast was searching for pollinators of an endangered wildflower when she spotted a strange bee. “I discovered the species while surveying a rare plant in ...
A horned native bee dubbed Megachile lucifer has been discovered in Western Australia’s Goldfields. Identified while surveying a rare wildflower, the species stood out with its unusual “devilish” ...
As Australian Pollinator Week (8–16 November) gets underway, new research has found that many Australians have poor awareness of Australian native bee species—revealing a significant gap in public ...
When extreme heat scorches Australia, underground bees retreat into insulating soil to survive, but stem-nesting bees have ...
Australia's native bees are underscoring a counterintuitive climate warning. A new study found that bees nesting inside thin ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rosalyn Gloag Bees have many different ways of building their homes. Many people will be familiar with the hives of European ...
A team of Australian researchers has discovered 71 new native bee species belonging to the resin pot bees, or Megachile (Austrochile), which are unique to Australia and present in every state and ...