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This illustration from a Medieval manuscript shows bees returning to a skep hive.
bees

The Magic Spells That Herded Medieval Bees

For European beekeepers, “swarm charms” were once a tool of the trade.
Andrew Coletti October 20, 2023
The panels on every AŽ hive house tell a story.
bees

Slovenia's Beautiful Beehives Turn Apiaries Into Art

Dating back to the 18th century, AŽ hive panels depict stories of marriage, damnation, and daily life.
Rebecca L. Rhoades September 29, 2023
Scientists estimate there are some 4,000 bees native to the United States alone—but many of them are struggling to survive in our warming, pesticide-ridden world.
libraries

To Save America's Native Bees, the Oregon Bee Project Is Mapping Every Single One

The project aims to make a complete 'bee atlas,' detailing every single local pollinator.
Kate Raphael September 22, 2023
dinosaurs

Wonder Is Everywhere: A Message in an Egg Carton, Millions of Confused Bees, and More From Around the Web

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.
April White September 15, 2023
Florence, Italy

Statue of Fernando I

A plaque on the base of this statue holds a bewitching design.
Nashville, Tennessee

Honeytree Meadery

Sip mead from an East Nashville apiary while snacking on barbacoa tacos.
Charles Henry Turner was the first scientist to prove certain insects could remember, learn, and feel.
science

How a High School Teacher Changed Early 20th-Century Insect Science

Systemic racism kept him from a position in higher education—but it didn't stop Charles Henry Turner from rewriting our understanding of bees, ants, and cockroaches.
Edward D. Melillo August 15, 2022
The six types of bees here coexist.
Rancho Grande, Mexico

Meliponicultura in Rancho Grande Valle Nacional

A small outpost dedicated to protecting the stingless bees native to Oaxaca.
insects

The World's Largest Bee and the Cautionary Tale of Its Rediscovery

Scientists were thrilled to find the Wallace's giant bee, missing for four decades. Things did not go as they'd hoped.
Oliver Milman April 11, 2022
Leydy Pech considers traditional Maya beekeeping an "ancestral" calling.
mayan

The Keeper of Sacred Bees Who Took on a Giant

To save her native Maya bees and their shrinking forests, Leydy Pech waged a fierce campaign on multiple fronts.
Gemma Tarlach March 23, 2022
The buzz on Broughton
Savannah, Georgia

Jen Library Bee

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.
Goat devours a man and shits him out.
Slovenia

Čebelarski muzej Radovljica (Museum of Apiculture)

This Slovenian museum houses the country's largest collection of painted beehive panels.
Marco, part of the beekeeping team at Miel’s D’Anicet, inspects a frame in search of a queen.
science

How a Canadian Beekeeper Breeds New Queens

Honeybees aren't your typical livestock.
Shaun Pett July 6, 2021
The face of The Usurper, <em>B. hyperboreus</em>, a parasitic bumblebee that lives above the Arctic Circle.
science

What’s Up With Alaska’s Wild, Wondrous, ‘Warm-Blooded’ Bumblebees?

Extreme environments offer them an unexpected paradise, and now researchers want to get a head count.
Gemma Tarlach June 23, 2021
Bees, pictured here flocking to wild fennel, could have gotten more than they're bargaining for.
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Radioactive Honey Preserves the Legacy of Nuclear Testing

Cesium 137 shows up in small amounts still detectable today.
Susan D’Agostino May 18, 2021
A local beekeeper is selling the invasive-species honey (technically honeydew) under the name Doom Bloom.
food

When Life Gave Pennsylvania Spotted Lanternflies, Its Bees Made Spotted Lanternfly Honey

A smoky-sweet flavor, courtesy of an invasive species.
Alexandra Jones March 16, 2021
A <em>balam-kab</em>, a bee whose sole work is to guard and protect the hive's entrance from intruders.
food

The Protector of Mexico's Hidden Hives of Stingless Bees

Construction worker Efrain Cab comes from a long line of beekeepers.
Agostino Petroni July 9, 2020
Willey stands next to a massive mural on the barn roof of an organic farm in Lyons, Nebraska. He designed it to be visible to the crop duster pilots who flew by.
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Meet the Man on a Mission to Hand-Paint 50,000 Bees

How the muralist Matthew Willey learned to love bees.
Skye Sherman June 16, 2020