Its high-pitched hum may catch your attention before you see it. This is the most common bee-fly species in the UK. It is widespread across England, Wales and Scotland, occurring in urban gardens and ...

There are more than 250 bee species in the UK, including many different solitary bees which live alone, to bumblebees that live in nests, and honeybees that live in hives managed by beekeepers. Bees, ...

Not only that, but in the UK, a third of our wild bee species are rapidly declining. There are two main reasons for this. The first is that wildflowers in the UK are on the verge of disappearing ...

Butterfly and bee monitoring schemes are being launched in the island, and the Nature Commission is looking for citizen ...

Scientists have discovered 15 new species of cuckoo bees hidden in North American museum collections and in an ancient thesis. Like their avian counterparts, cuckoo bees lay their eggs in the ...

This has raised fears of “catastrophic consequences” for the UK’s bee populations for years to come. There has been a “sharp rise” in sightings of the invasive species in the UK this ...