Learn how stingless bees quietly sustain Amazonian forests — and how a new law is changing what happens when they’re harmed.

A Peruvian scientist and her team are working together to make sure stingless bees are around for generations to come by ...

They are found in tropical regions across the world, and about half of the 500 known species live in the Amazon ...

I n a first for nature and the planet, an insect has been given official legal rights. The revolutionary move comes from Peru ...

In a global first, Peru recognizes stingless bees as rights-bearing species, reshaping how insects fit into environmental law ...

Two Peruvian municipalities reportedly granted legal rights to stingless bees recently, marking the first “recognition of ...

Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’ ...

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.

The mystery of what creates the rare, healthy sugar found in stingless bee honey, has been solved by researchers at The University of Queensland, in collaboration with Queensland Health Forensic and ...

An unlikely duo made an impressive discovery — and it’s one that has researchers buzzing. Four-year-old Annika Arnout and her pet garden snail found two colonies of rare stingless bees while on a ...

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Stingless bees are found throughout tropical and subtropical parts of the world and produce significantly less honey than their European honey bee counterparts (Apis mellifera) which are the world's ...