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

Stingless bees have pollinated much of the Amazon for 80 million years and support key crops like cacao, coffee, and bananas. In 2025, municipalities in Peru became the first in the world to grant an ...

A Peruvian scientist and her team are working together to make sure stingless bees are around for generations to come. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza, founder of Amazon Research Internacional, and Constanza ...

For the first time in history, the law is recognizing an insect as a rights holder. In Peru's central Amazon, officials in Satipo approved an ordinance recognizing native stingless bees as legal ...

Stingless bees (here, a species from Mexico) live in social colonies and collect nectar and pollen, much like our native honeybees. However, they do not have a stinger and defend themselves in other ...

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