Australia’s Most Vulnerable Bees Have No Escape from Heat

When extreme heat scorches Australia, underground bees retreat into insulating soil to survive, but stem-nesting bees have ...
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Splitting an Australian native beehive to make two hives

This video shows an Australian stingless native beehive being split to make two hives. These Australian native bees are called Tetragonula carbonaria, but there are over 1500 different varieties of ...

How will Australian native bees cope with climate change? Their nests hold a clue

Bees have many different ways of building their homes. Many people will be familiar with the hives of European honeybees, ...
Pursuit by The University of Melbourne

A vital native bee highway can start in your own backyard

Bees are critical to our biodiversity, but they’re in trouble. The University of Melbourne's new Map of the Month tells us ...
Phys.org

To bee or not to bee known: Study reveals gaps in Australia's native bee awareness

As Australian Pollinator Week (8–16 November) gets underway, new research has found that many Australians have poor awareness of Australian native bee species—revealing a significant gap in public ...
Science Daily

These bees have nowhere to hide from extreme heat

A major study of Australian native bees found that stem-nesting species may be the first to feel the impact of climate change ...
The Conversation

Australia’s native bees struggled after the Black Summer fires – but a world‑first solution brought them buzzing back

After a devastating bushfire, efforts to help nature recover typically focus on vertebrates and plants. Yet extreme fires can threaten insects, too. After the Black Summer fires of 2019–20, I embarked ...