Stingless bees are so ancient that they shared the planet with the dinosaurs. For the past 80 million years, stingless bees have been pollinating 80% of the Amazon’s flora, including such crops as ...

A Peruvian scientist and her team are working together to make sure stingless bees are around for generations to come. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza, founder of Amazon Research Internacional, and Constanza ...

For the first time in history, the law is recognizing an insect as a rights holder. In Peru's central Amazon, officials in Satipo approved an ordinance recognizing native stingless bees as legal ...

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 ...

Those small, misshapen apples you hate seeing at the supermarket? Turns out, you can blame bees — or the lack of the tiny, ...

Stingless bees (here, a species from Mexico) live in social colonies and collect nectar and pollen, much like our native honeybees. However, they do not have a stinger and defend themselves in other ...

Stingless bees have pollinated much of the Amazon for 80 million years and support key crops like cacao, coffee, and bananas. In 2025, municipalities in Peru became the first in the world to grant an ...

Experts say the bee species keeps the Amazon's ecosystems pollinated and produces honey with medicinal properties Miryan Delgado/Amazon Research Internacional Researchers are working to save stingless ...