Its high-pitched hum may catch your attention before you see it. This is the most common bee-fly species in the UK. It is widespread across England, Wales and Scotland, occurring in urban gardens and ...

Last summer was an unusually bad year for bees and other pollinating insects, and the UK has seen a long-term decline in ...

Every year the Royal Entomological Society runs an insect photography competition for non-professionals. Here are some of the ...

Asian hornets are far more dangerous to ecosystems than previously thought, consuming over 1,400 insect species — including ...

This guide will help you make your garden a haven for bee species. Wherever you live in the UK, you should be able to attract at least six bumblebee species to your garden, and perhaps as many as ten.

Many plants, including crops and the beautiful flowers we like to surround ourselves with, rely on pollination for survival. Pollination is not just the work of honeybees. Meet some of the buzzing, ...

Of the top 50 invertebrate prey species identified, 43 are known to visit flowers—and among these were Europe's three main crop pollinators: the European honey bee, the buff-tailed bumblebee and the ...