In the course of their foraging bouts, bees frequently encounter spider webs among the vegetation. The ability to see and avoid these webs is vital for the success of the individual bee's foraging ...

Biologists at the University of Newcastle combined the venom of the Australian funnel spider with snowdrop plant protein to make the pesticide Pesticide was fed to bees and had next to no effect on ...

A new pesticide using spider venom and plant protein could be a valuable tool in stemming the collapse of honeybee populations. Researchers at Newcastle University in England developed the pesticide ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. An amateur photographer has captured the rare moment that a bee decided to move in with a wolf spider in central Queensland. Laurence ...

Dave Goulson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

This video of a bumblebee “helping” a friend out of a spider web has been making the Internet rounds recently. The narrator asks for “experts” to tell us what’s happening. And Dave Goulson, Professor ...

It can be a robot-eat-bee world out there, but bumblebees can learn to outwit electronics that mimic lurking spiders. And in the end, some of the bumblebees get a little paranoid, increasingly shying ...

A beekeeper has captured a grisly fight to the death between his insects and an opportunist fishing spider. He filmed as one of the huge arachnids, probably 10 times the size of its intended prey, sat ...

Summer is here, and so are the bugs. Every summer, insects and arachnids alike seem to come in swarms. Spending time outside during summer is one of the best parts of the season. While the weather may ...

It looked like the end for our good friend the bumble bee. He was trapped in a web, fighting for his life, and a huge spider was going in for the kill. Then, out of nowhere, his bumble bee brethren ...

Of all the unique flying, buzzing specimens out there, bumblebees are one of the most mesmerizing…even when they’re engaging in surprising acts. Bee mating happens out in the open, and a queen’s ...