They are found in tropical regions across the world, and about half of the 500 known species live in the Amazon ...

Two local ordinances granted rights to at least 175 stingless bee species in Peru, which are culturally and spiritually ...

A Peruvian scientist and her team are working together to make sure stingless bees are around for generations to come by ...

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

Learn how stingless bees quietly sustain Amazonian forests — and how a new law is changing what happens when they’re harmed.

In a groundbreaking move with international significance, insects–specifically stingless bees from the Peruvian Amazon–have ...

In the Peruvian Amazon, a tiny pollinator has become the unlikely protagonist of a legal revolution. Local authorities have ...

In Indigenous Asháninka belief, bees were once spirits in human form. Stories tell of a woman who enjoyed making masato, a ...

In a global first, Peru recognizes stingless bees as rights-bearing species, reshaping how insects fit into environmental law ...

In a landmark decision, local ordinances will now allow local authorities in the Peruvian Amazon to actively intervene and defend native stingless bees. This marks the first time insects have received ...

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 ...

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 ...