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I discovered a new Australian native bee, but there are still hundreds we need to identify

The female of the species has devil-like black horns, and a taste for extremely rare pollen. But until now, this Australian native bee has never been officially named or identified. Subscribe to our ...
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Peru Makes History by Legally Recognizing Native Stingless Bees as Rights-Bearing Entities

For a long time, insects have barely registered in environmental law. Even as scientists warned that pollinators were disappearing and food systems were becoming more fragile, bees and other insects ...
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Australian native bee honey shows medical potential in the fight against antibiotic resistance

Resistance to synthetic antibiotics poses a critical global health challenge. Various European honeybee and other natural products have been proposed as novel therapeutic agents to address this ...
The Conversation

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

Kit Prendergast received funding from the federal government's Bushfire Recovery Grant to undertake this research project, and from Flow Hive to write the research paper. She was previously a member ...
The Conversation

I discovered a new Australian native bee, but there are still hundreds we need to identify

Kit Prendergast received funding from the Atlas of Living Australia, with a Biodiversity Mobilisation Grant and Goldfields Environmental Management Group Grant. The surveys were conducted as an ...