Regular readers of this column will know that, in general, I struggle to muster much affection for non-native species, ...

Are Honey Bees Native to North America? There are more than 20 subspecies of western honey bee, none of which are native to North America. They spread here after being brought from Europe ...

Vermont native bees are a very different creature than the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and, some biologists point out, ...

The Western honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) is the most preferred species among beekeepers globally. The study used face-to-face interviews as its method of data collection to estimate honeybee ...

Managed honey bees have the potential to affect native bee populations when they are introduced to a new area, but a study led by researchers at Penn State suggests that under certain conditions ...

While a nationwide bee population survey hasn’t been conducted ... And as in many other countries in the region, it also hosts western honey bees (Apis mellifera) that were introduced to bolster ...