Bees

St. Louis brings Elizabeth Savage’s “The Bee Play” to the stage for the first time.

On a hot day in July, Darrell, who is serving time at the Clarinda Correctional Facility, pulled a black carrot out of the ground from one of the prison...

In recent decades, climate change has shifted when Missouri wildflowers bloom. Once-forgotten data found in the archives of the Missouri Botanical Garden have become a springboard for St. Louis scientists studying how climate change may affect the survival of native plants in the future.

Bob Altman didn’t notice the bee swarm at first.“My neighbor came over and knocked on my door and said, ‘Bob, there’s something in your backyard,’” Altman…

Reading the headlines of 2020 can be pretty overwhelming. Between a pandemic, an economic crisis and even a much-hyped sighting of “murder hornets” in the…

The welfare of all sorts of insects has been garnering attention of late, with some disconcerting headlines about declining insect populations.On…

Scientists who study pollinating bees and butterflies report that state laws across the U.S. aren’t doing enough to protect the very animals that help…

Eileen Graessle leaned in close to a patch of milkweed, as she tried to capture a photo of a honeybee in motion.It was a difficult task, but one that…

When a native bee received federal protection under the Endangered Species Act for the first time earlier this year, it drew an attention to a growing…

A buzzing bee may not sound like much to most people but to bee scientists, there’s a lot to learn from the noises bees make when they fly and pollinate…