New queen on Queen St: Pedestrians kept away as bees swarm on footpath
A swarm of bees prompted pedestrians to steer clear of part of central Auckland’s Queen St this afternoon.…
Pastures Past: The challenges facing New Zealand’s early bee keepers
Like other rural industries, they also faced economic pressures, changing regulations and the occasional natural disaster. These newspaper…
To Make a Queen, There’s a Special Kind of Worker Bee
Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen’s waxy…
World’s Most-Used Weedkiller Found To Disrupt Honeybee Brains
Glyphosate exposure was shown to impair honeybee foraging and change brain chemistry, potentially threatening colony health and pollination…
Debutants Tangowahine School abuzz over Showquest Northland title with bee-themed act
Pickering had been involved in Dargaville Intermediate’s Showquest entries when she worked there and knew how much the…
Bright idea shines hope on struggling pollinators
Red light therapy has long been used by humans to improve skin health, slow signs of ageing and…
A Closer Look at the Beautiful Macro Cinematography in ‘Secrets of the Bees’
As its name suggests, National Geographic‘s new two-part documentary series, “Secrets of the Bees,” turns the lens toward…
Hummingbirds Get a Daily Buzz from Nectar, the Equivalent of One Drink Per Day
Hummingbirds are the high-performance athletes of the avian world. With heart rates topping 1,200 beats per minute, they…
Cave of Wonders: Where Prehistoric Bees Made Nests in the Bones of Animals Eaten by Colossal Owls
– credit, Lazaro Viñola López via SWNS Burrowing bees generally prefer to make their nests in the open,…
The year in review: MSU experts, top headlines of 2025 | MSUToday
From a new presidential administration and consequential tariffs to devastating wildfires and a new comet, to pop culture…
‘Calming’ Honey products boost sleep sufferers nights
The Better Sleep set has four products included in it (Image: Manuka Doctor ) This article contains affiliate…
Iain Douglas-Hamilton, the scientist who saved the elephants
FEW ANIMALS scare full-grown African elephants. But bees are among them. So it was to bees that Iain…