Iridescent sweat bees, hairy-faced mining bees, tiny Perdita minima the size of a gnat. Thanks to swarms of apiary ...

Habitat loss, pesticide contamination, disease spillover from domesticated bee colonies, and other threats combine to accelerate the species’ decline. The Center petitioned to protect the American ...

Credit: Courtesy of Savannah college of art and design Bees in the U.S. are more endangered than ever, requiring protection under the Endangered Species Act for the very first time back in October.

File Photo: A rusty patched bumble bee which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing for federal protection as an endangered species is pictured in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. August 7 ...

there are more than 70 species of pollinators currently listed as endangered or threatened. Here's what to know. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service says bees are under threat from a variety of ...