Scientists recently identified a tropical sweat bee that’s male on its left side and female on its right side — a rare condition known as gynandromorphy Most animals are sexually dimorphic, where ...

A new study by Curtin and Flinders Universities has found that what were thought to be two different species of native Australian bee are in fact one. New Flinders University research gives insights ...

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Megachile Lucifer was found by a researcher as she was observing a rare wildflower that grows in the Bremer Ranges in Western Australia, the BBC reported. What makes the bee unusual are the “highly ...

The first days of spring – brighter and warmer – are a biological trigger for female bees to wake up from hibernation and begin to build future colonies. These enormous bees, sometimes two to three ...

The insect also has yellow eyes, another rare genetic quirk. This combination of odd phenomena likely won’t happen again for a long time, experts say. “I’ve been keeping bees since 1976, and this is ...