This story appears in the March 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine ... each one a red-eyed giant next to the hairy little bees. Each strike took just an instant, the predators snatching ...

This story appears in the July 2017 issue of National Geographic ... a granite overhang. The bees are guarding gallons of a sticky, reddish fluid known as mad honey, which, thanks to its ...

This story appears in the October 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... for some people is that none of the wild bee species produce honey. But, says Droege, “we can always get honey ...

Then it’s time to share some love for native bees that pollinate many of our favorite foods. Say bee, and most picture a European honeybee—a non-native species used in commercial honey ...

Honeybees get most of our attention, but there are thousands of species of wild bee species—and many are disappearing. In South Dakota’s Badlands National ... Colored Honey Made by Candy ...

And there's a lot of gathering of wild honey in Cambodia ... extraordinary National Geographic portrait by the photographer Dan Winters, and you were literally covered with bees and they were ...

The bee colonies add to National Geographic's mission to support biodiversity ... Thiessen helps care for the colonies as the honey is harvested and bottled annually. Photograph by Rebecca ...

It highlights their incredible numbers, unique physical characteristics, and various life cycles, including the metamorphosis of butterflies and the social structure of honey bees. The film ...

Tuesday was the eighth annual “World Bee Day.” Bees and other pollinators have been on the decline for years. Experts blame a ...

But perhaps Ramsey’s most important contribution to science has been his groundbreaking research on deadly parasites causing a steep decline in the honey bee population ... Health Inspection Service) ...

A version of this story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The world’s largest bee may also be the planet’s most elusive. First discovered in 1859 by the ...

Honey is sugar-rich — it’s used among other things to feed larvae, Sánchez-Blanco says, but it also energizes the bees’ flight muscles, according to the National Honey Board. Bees produce ...