Learn how stingless bees quietly sustain Amazonian forests — and how a new law is changing what happens when they’re harmed.

A Peruvian scientist and her team are working together to make sure stingless bees are around for generations to come by ...

Two Peruvian municipalities reportedly granted legal rights to stingless bees, marking what multiple reports call the first ...

I n a first for nature and the planet, an insect has been given official legal rights. The revolutionary move comes from Peru ...

Native to the tropics, these pollinators are taking a lead role in one of the latest efforts to conserve the Amazon rainforest. Melipona eburnea, a species of bee, is native to the Amazon. Unlike the ...

We’ve departed from the glistening shores of Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef and spent the last two weeks learning about terrestrial ecology since I last wrote. We went from snorkeling daily to ...

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 ...

(via Deep Look) The honeybee that sweetens your tea isn’t the only kind of bee that makes honey. More than 600 bee species across Mexico, Central and South America, and other tropical regions ...

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Researchers in Brazil identified anti-inflammatory properties of a cream made with the propolis of Amazon stingless bees, with results similar to commercial healing ointments. Stingless bees ...

MANILA, Philippines — Local researchers have developed a fast and low-cost method to authenticate stingless bee honey, a high-value product increasingly targeted by mixing with fake or cheaper honey ...