Bees

Photos show the bees walking across the sweet treats at Daily Bread, after they slipped inside the display.

"They were trying to fly in my mouth. I got stung a tonne of times on my ear. Eventually, one of the did make it into my ear," recounted Brad Scott.

Varroa mites are rapidly spreading lethal viruses to bee colonies worldwide, according to new research.

After 15 months and more than 14,000 destroyed bee hives, Australia has abandoned its efforts to eradicate the varroa mite and will instead transition towards managing the deadly parasite.

The crippling pest known as varroa mite weakens and kills honeybee colonies while also spreading disease, becoming detrimental to the species and the $70 million industry.

Authorities raced to capture five million bees released yesterday after a truck carrying several crates of hives fell onto a roadway

The angry insects turned on the first beekeeper who attempted to recapture them.

A new bee-killing Varroa mite detection has been discovered at a site in New South Wale's Central West.

The mānuka honey trade is worth around $1 billion globally, making this food showdown a lucrative battleground with vast sums of money at stake.

The NSW Department of Primary Industries has announced the expansion of the current red zone from its borders, with a new biosecurity order made to that effect.

Come Sunday, Sue Bish will be forced to say goodbye to the hives in her backyard at North Lambton in Newcastle.

Swarms of honeybees can generate as much electrical charge as a thunderstorm, new research shows.

The deadly honeybee parasite is spreading, with thousands of hives now destroyed and a new warning issued for 'local produce'.

Since varroa mite was discovered 19 days ago, government officials have euthanised at least 1693 hives

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All bees on the five properties inside the Port Stephens exclusion zones will be euthanised.

NSW beekeepers have been given a brief respite in their desperate fight to contain a bee-killing parasite, but apiarists in Queensland will now be watching on nervously.

Untold more bees and hives will be killed off across New South Wales as authorities race to contain a varroa mite outbreak threatening Australia's $70 million bee industry.

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It was more than 20 years ago, but beekeeper Murray Bush remembers exactly where he was when he first heard varroa mites had been detected in New Zealand.

A parasite responsible for the widespread deaths of honeybees around the world has been detected in Australia.

Researchers found that giant hornets can be lured into traps using sex pheromones, according to a new study published in the journal Current Biology.

Four beekeepers were detained after protesting in front of Chile's presidential palace in Santiago, after seven police officers were stung during the demonstrations.

High up in Nepal's mountains, groups of men risk their lives to harvest much sought-after wild honey from hives on cliffs.

The vast majority of bees feed on pollen and nectar, but certain species have evolved to feast on meat, substituting dead animal carcasses for flower meadows.

The 30-year-old was fishing with friends when they were swarmed by angry insects.

Thousands of bees have created a headache for a woman at an Adelaide cafe strip after the bees swarmed on her car.

A swarm of bees descended on a busy main street in south west Sydney.

Dozens of endangered African penguins were apparently killed by a swarm of bees in South Africa on Friday.

What's fluffy, has wings, and only lives in hard-baked clay of the Western Australian outback?

It is believed the bees had been living inside the walls of the US home for 35 years.

Beekeeping has become hugely popular in recent years, and a new world of beekeeping influencers has recently emerged on TikTok. But it's not without drama.

Record numbers of 'killer' Asian hornets have been detected in the UK, triggering warnings by experts.

A man in Texas died unexpectedly after being attacked by a swarm of bees in his yard.

Bees are responsible for more venom related hospitalisations across the country than spiders and snakes, study reveals.

For the first time in recorded history, Asian giant hornets have been spotted in the United States, causing panic amongst many Americans who suspect they could be the next victim.

CCTV images show two men lift the lids and knock over the hives, then attack the insects with sticks.

Beekeepers left devastated by the NSW bushfires are launching a campaign for greater access to national parks after the blazes.

The entire rear of a black Jeep Patriot was covered in the bees, which are yet to have been relocated from the Westfield Marion centre in Adelaide.

A Brisbane family could hardly believe it when a few bee sightings that had them buzzed turned out to be a massive honey-laden hive in the ceiling.

There's been a breakthrough for those who are allergic to bee stings, with South Australian researchers developing a World-First vaccine designed to eliminate the risk of severe reactions.

Doctors treating a Taiwanese woman for a swollen eye were shocked to find four tiny bees living under her left eyelid.

A man has died after being stung by a bee in Western Victoria this afternoon.

It's the birds and the bees, but on a whole new level.

Police are hunting for a trio of youths who set fire to bee hives on Australia Day in Terrey Hills, in Sydney’s north.

The puns and the cameras were buzzing over a bike covered in bees in Sydney’s CBD this afternoon.

There's been a lot of buzz at Lake Macquarie, where a woman's home was colonised by thousands of hard-working bees.

A NSW couple have had a swarm of bees living in the wall of their public housing home for almost three years.

A Sydney mother-of-three got a scary surprise yesterday morning when an entire hive of bees decided to relocate to her car.

A self-described "bee whisperer" has calmed a 75,000-strong swarm that stung a Southern California woman up to 1000 times.