Resources

In the News

Articles about honey bees and other pollinators that I’ve found interesting - hopefully you will too!

Close-up of a honeybee perched on a flower, collecting pollen.

Honey Bees "Smell" Lung Cancer

- Science News

An X-ray microcomputed tomography scan of a male Eucera bee mummified inside a cocoon.

Paleontologists Discover Mummified Bees Preserved in Their Cocoons for 3,000 Years

- Smithsonian Magazine

A honeybee collecting nectar from a purple flower with a blurred green background.

Bees Shown to "Count" from Left to Right

- Phys.org

Beekeepers in protective suits tending to a swarm of bees on a densely populated bush in a sunny orchard.

Swarming Honey Bees Can Produce As Much Electricity as a Thunderstorm

- CNN

A bumblebee is shown with purple and yellow balls.

Ball-Rolling Bumble Bees Just Wanna Have Fun

- Scientific American

Grassy field with fireflies lighting up.

Protecting Invertebrates - Even When We Can’t See Them

- Xerces Society

Line drawing of a honeybee's head highlighting the anatomy of its ocelli and compound eyes.

How Bees See and Why It Matters

- Bee Culture Magazine

A researcher wearing protective clothing lifts a panel of honeycomb from a beehive set in an almond orchard.

What Bacteria and Fungi Lurk in Your City? Bees May Have the Answer

- National Geographic

An adult worker honeybee, Apis mellifera, foraging in an almond flower.

Honeybees are Accruing Airborne Microplastics On Their Bodies

- National Geographic