Almost 80% of crop pollination by wild bees is provided by just 2% of the most common species, say scientists.

All of our ideas about bees are based on one species, the European honeybee. Most of the others are nothing like it

In a worrying development which could threaten food production, South Africa's traditionally tough honey bees -- which had been resistant to disease -- are now getting "sick of humans", with the population of the crucial pollinators collapsing, experts say...

Across the country, the fuzzy flyers are dying off or being snatched. Apiarists share their tips for keeping hives alive.

What the honey bee die-off means for humanity. By Chris Martenson.

Managed honey bee colonies suffered annual losses of 42%, with summer declines outstripping winter losses for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Wednesday.

Taken together, the two new studies are particularly chilling.