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A new wildflower meadow at a Tennessee welcome center is just one of many efforts to address the loss of pollinator habitat.

Leaders in the beekeeping industry have sued the environmental agency over its approval of the use of a pesticide that has harmed colonies.

Can an alliance of Germany’s political parties save them?

In “The Mosquito,” Timothy Winegard examines the history of man’s “deadliest predator.” In “Buzz, Sting, Bite,” Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson looks at how insects have shaped human civilization.

Berlin has more honeybee hives than it can manage, and experts say many of the beekeepers do not have enough time or training for the hobby.

After attending to his bees, a normally energetic 75-year-old man becomes lethargic and fevered. Doctors rush to find the cause.

The New York Police Department’s beekeeping unit used a special vacuum to safely relocate the bees.

Blame the linden trees? Maybe pesticides left by humans? Or is nature just cruel sometimes?

A documentary about a Macedonian beekeeper’s conflict with her neighbors becomes a lyrical environmental fable.

Swarms of insects move across continents each year. Scientists used radar to track one species and discovered a vast ecological force.

Mia Birdsong, an activist in Oakland, sees a lot of meaning in a hive.

Amid the human traffic at the French Open, a few sanctuaries can be found — for fans, players and even bees.

Hurricanes, blights and encroaching development have cut into the harvest in Florida and Georgia, but a small cadre of beekeepers still fiercely pursues this lucrative prize.

Grapefruit trees need light, bees — and a temperature gradient.

It’s a common trope in science fiction, but hives in nature are not dependent on any central node for their function.

Investigators are trying to figure out why about 20 hives were set on fire, thrown in a pond and toppled over.

What honeybees have to teach us about the fate of the earth — and our country.

An ophthalmologist in Taiwan plucked four live sweat bees from beneath a woman’s swollen eyelid. The tiny insects feed off human sweat and tears.

It’s not just the famous waggle dance: Bees rely on sophisticated eyesight and even electrostatic fields.

Beehives and their contents are a sensitive detector of lead emissions, a study of Canadian urban apiaries showed.