Recently, I was out in my garden pulling up old pieces of bamboo used for fencing around some fragile native plants getting established. I was in the process of making a pile of them to burn, when ...

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

But, not so for bumblebees, where the queen is larger but otherwise physically indistinguishable from her workers. In a study ...

The yellow-legged hornet is not native to the UK and poses a threat to local bees ...

The insect, also known as a yellow-legged hornet, is a harmful invasive species originating from east Asia and was first recorded in Europe in 2004.

During spring, when queen bumblebees first emerge from hibernation to start their nests, they work incredibly hard foraging ...

Record numbers of invasive Asian hornets were spotted last year with 176 confirmed sightings across the UK. Earlier this ...

Warning issued after first Asian hornet nest in Wales found near Wrexham - It is the first confirmed discovery of the insect ...

Evidence has found the pests to be on the rise in the UK ...

The density of fine hairs on bumblebees’ tongues determines how much nectar they can collect — and workers put queen bees to shame.

Asian hornets have been sighted for the first time in a new part of Britain with government officials warning people to remain "vigilant" after the nest was located ...