(Chris Marshall/Courthouse News) (CN) — North American butterflies and bees are on the decline, spelling trouble for the continent’s healthy ecosystems and food security amid climate change and ...

Asian bees have evolved ways to defend themselves ... According to officials, the first murder hornet to reach North America was likely stowed away in plant pots or a shipping container.

The world’s largest hornet, an invasive breed dubbed the “murder hornet” for its dangerous sting and ability to slaughter a ...

Their demeanour has earned them the terrifying nickname of 'killer bees', but relatively few deaths are caused in proportion to the number of colonies. Known only in North, Central and South America, ...

Officials say there have been no confirmed sightings of the aggressive species, native to Japan and other parts of East Asia, ...

the big US bee-keepers manage 10,000 hives each and from California they may travel up to Washington state's cherry orchards, then east to the sunflowers of North and South Dakota and then on to ...

Another option, says wildlife biologist Sam Droege of the U.S. Geological Survey, is to embrace the thousands of North American wild bee species, which are excellent pollinators, rarely sting ...

which play an outsized role in bee population declines. North America’s bumblebees have been especially hard hit, with nearly 1 in 4 bumblebee species vulnerable to extinction because of habitat loss, ...

Some bee populations, such as bumblebees in Europe and North America, are well studied. But in other regions, such as large parts of Asia and Africa, documentation has been sparse. While there ...

A mid-Michigan beekeeper has won several national awards for his honey. Chris Beck, an Ithaca native who now lives near ...