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 ...

Peru grants legal rights to native stingless bees, setting a global precedent to protect key pollinators in the Amazon rainforest.

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 ...

Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’ Stingless bees from the Amazon have become the first insects to be granted ...

Stingless bees gather near the entrance to their hive on June 22, 2024. Their hive is nestled in a tiny hole in a tree near Palo Alto’s Rinconada Community Garden. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. Brazilian ...

Stingless bees are renowned for their delicious and medicinal honey. Many people, like those in the Peruvian Amazon, rely heavily on the honey from stingless bees to treat infections and heal wounds.

In a remote corner of Peru’s central Amazon, a small, ancient pollinator has quietly rewritten legal history. Native stingless bees, long overshadowed by their stinging cousins, have become the first ...

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 ...