Do hornets or wasps actually make honey?

Anyone observing wasps or hornets at flowers might quickly wonder: Do these insects also make honey? After all, they live in ...

Warm-winter impacts on insects and what you can do to help

Colorado’s winter has been record-breaking in terms of lack of moisture and warm temperatures. While that might seem beneficial to insects’ survival, a lack of snow cover and early emergence from ...

Outlander Series Finale Questions Answered: The Ghost, The White Hair, The Gaelic, The Post-Credits Scene And More — Explained!

This post contains lots of spoilers from the series finale of "Outlander." If ye havena watched yet, proceed accordingly. The ...

40 new Canadian books to check out this May

St. John's writer Maggie Burton wins $10K Canadian First Book Prize for debut poetry collection Maggie Burton is a writer ...
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Bear aware: Why a black bear was spotted in Wilmington, and what to do if you see one

Over the last half-century, the black bear population has made a strong recovery, while the coastal plain has seen rapid ...

Firefighters Save 25 Million Honey Bees Stuck in an Overheating Tractor-Trailer on a Utah Highway

Firefighters lightly sprayed a water "mist" onto the bee hives as mechanics worked on the truck ...

Eaten, used as taxis and vomited up: how bees support other animals

Ahead of world bee day on May 20, the author looks at how other animals rely on bees for food and shelter and even transport.
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Helping honeybees

Honeybees are critical to US agriculture, which relies on pollinators for crop production. Varroa destructor ( Varroa mite) ...

Readers reply: Which organisms are most beneficial to humans without us realising?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts ...