A laboratory accident at a Canadian university led to a discovery about one of North America’s most familiar pollinators.

A study published in Frontiers in Bee Science has shown that physical distance plays a leading role in protecting bumblebees against a flying insect parasite, the bumblebee wax moth Aphomia sociella.

Since the pandemic, we are very aware of the power of social distancing to protect against infectious disease. But can social distancing be effective if the infectious agent isn’t a virus or bacterium ...

Clay Bolt has travelled the world to photograph this most humble and colourful of insects The post Meet the man on a mission ...