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

As a child, Heriberto Vela, an Indigenous resident of Loreto, Peru, watched his father pull nests of wild stingless bees from trees in the Amazon forest. Together, the two then extracted honey from ...

In a groundbreaking move with international significance, insects—specifically stingless bees from the Peruvian Amazon—have been granted legally enshrined rights for the first time. But what lies ...

In the Peruvian Amazon, a tiny pollinator has become the unlikely protagonist of a legal revolution. Local authorities have recognized stingless bees as holders of rights in their own ecosystems, ...

Most stingless bee keepers are not after honey. Rather, they enjoy the sense of conserving a native species whose original habitat is being increasingly cleared and developed. In return, the bees ...

A COMMUNITY garden and stingless bee honey project serve as a symbol of togetherness and thriving source of income at ...

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 ...