A new study from the University of Sheffield suggests that nocturnal pollinators such as moths are just as important as bees in terms of visiting plants and should receive equal attention in conservation and protection efforts.
Undertaker honeybees, a special group of workers in Apis cerana species, remove dead bees through "undertaking behaviour" triggered by a signal associated with death.
The life expectancy of honey bees is 50% shorter than in the 1970s. As has been observed in laboratory samples, which would be potentially independent of environmental stressors and could have to do with some genetic reason.