As Australian Pollinator Week celebrates the vital role of pollinators, Dr. Prendergast hopes the findings will inspire a more inclusive approach—one that brings all of Australia's native bees, not ...

Late last year, the New South Wales government announced an additional A$9.5 million in funding to support honeybee keepers ...

Researchers say Australia is in a unique position to prepare native species for the impacts of the Varroa destructor—a mite ...

New research has revealed Marri trees are critical to the survival of more than 80 species of native bee in Western Australia's South West region, which is one of the world's most biologically rich ...

Research from Monash University explores how rising temperatures and growing urban environments can affect behavior in native ...

Freya Marie Jackson received funding from the Australian Entomological Society (AES) through their "Small Grant Award", which supported some of this research on native bees. Additionally, she has ...

New Curtin University research has revealed that high densities of European honey bees could be harming Australian native bees’ ‘fitness’ by reducing their reproductive success and altering key traits ...

A few years ago, wild bee ecologist Kit Prendergast was searching for pollinators of an endangered wildflower when she spotted a strange bee. “I discovered the species while surveying a rare plant in ...

Researchers in Australia have discovered a native bee species with tiny "devil-like horns.” A research team at Curtin University in Perth discovered the species while surveying a critically endangered ...

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