This transfer of pollen can be done by the wind, birds, bats, mammals and of course insects; one of the most important of these are the honey bees that pollinate on a huge commercial scale.

Rooted and immobile—except for leaf and stem movements or their fruits or seeds hitching a ride upon or inside birds ... in the case of a honey bee. Bees can move pollen over great distances.

Stingless bees produce a healthier honey, uniquely rich in a rare sugar, called trehalulose, which may have benefits ranging from ranking low on the glycaemic index (GI) to displaying antioxidant ...

Vermont native bees are a very different creature than the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and, some biologists point out, ...

Bees do not create honey; they are actually improving upon a plant product, nectar. The honey we eat is nectar that bees have repeatedly regurgitated and dehydrated. The average American consumes ...

To understand why losing them is such a problem, we need to understand what bees do for us in the first place. Of course we know that some species produce honey, without which the world would be a ...