Radar tracking reveals how bees refine their flightpath

A Canadian field study suggests that the negative effects of neonicotinoids on bee colonies are worse than previously thought.

A study of humble bumblebees reveals how they hone their routes and improve their flightpath between flowers to save both time and energy, as Stuart McDill reports.

Global bee populations are on the decline. And in Southwest China, they have become so rare that fruit plantations are no longer be pollinated. Farmers are now doing it themselves.

With the decline of livestock herding due to drought and shrinking communal lands, the Maasai community in Kenya is slowly embracing commercial bee farming.

How EU funded ATIPSOM in helping sex trafficking survivors in Nigeria

The multi Grammy award-winning musician catches up with us in an existential mood, reflecting on the nature of time as he releases his latest album "The Speed of Now". We talk about the artistic paralysis he felt at the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, and how living in the moment is a cure for all sorts of ills. Urban tells us about starting out in Nashville as a country singer with an Aussie accent, and how different musical styles have always made their way into his sound.

Beyonce keeps “around 80,000 bees” at her home, which she uses to make “hundreds of jars of honey a year”.

The show can't go on: travelling circus forced to stay put in Belgium by virus

Beekeepers in Colombia notice an increase in the number of dead bees, and suspect pesticides used in nearby monocultures are the cause of these untimely deaths.

Effects of phase 4 lockdown on night travelling, entertainment industry

Gotta catch 'em all! In a bid to attract customers, a Japanese airliner is inviting travellers to find hidden Pikachu monsters on board a newly decorated, Pokemon-themed Boeing 737-800. But first, ahead of a much-awaited congressional hearing, US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell says the US economy is continuing to show "sustained improvement" from the pandemic but that the recovery remains uneven, with unemployment still hitting low-paid workers.