Sex-determination gene in bees and ants identified

Most species on Earth exist as two biological sexes, and the exchange of genes between males and females is vital for their ...
Beyond Pesticides

Male Fertility and Reproduction in Bee Species Threatened with Systemic Insecticide Exposure, Study Finds

(Beyond Pesticides, April 25, 2025) A novel study in Chemosphere finds impacts on male fertility in a bee species (Osmia bicornis) with exposure to sulfoxaflor, a systemic sulfoximine insecticide ...
IFLScience

Do Bees Really “Explode” When They Mate? Yes, Yes They Do

The year is 2016, and a lot of people at the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee are about to learn that bees explode when they mate. The rest of this article is ...