The Buzz on Bees

Honeybees: A European import vital to food production--or are they? David Biello reports

The mysterious ailment called colony collapse disorder has wiped out large numbers of the bees that pollinate a third of our crops. The causes turn out to be surprisingly complex, but solutions are emerging

Home sweet home: Not all honeybees work far afield--some are making honey high in the rooftops

In a race against time, researchers propagate native solitary bees as an alternative to our most important pollinators

Lacking a stinger is no barrier to kicking butt in the evolutionary cage match between Australian bees and hive-invading parasites

Researchers zero in on the culprits behind colony collapse disorder

Bees display a remarkable range of talents—abilities that in a mammal such as a dog we would associate with consciousness

One million of the 2.4 million U.S. honeybee colonies perished last winter. What's behind the die-off is still a mystery, but one researcher plans to spend this summer gathering clues