The importance of the bee in the global ecosystem is so great that even Albert Einstein once said: "If the bee disappeared ...

Beekeepers across the U.S. are sounding the alarm, saying honeybees are dying at an “unprecedented” and “catastrophic” rate.

About 60 per cent of U.S. bees died off this year - which keepers have described as 'depressingly sad' with potential disastrous effects on food production ...

There's no national database of deaths related to bee stings, but a 2023 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that on average, 72 people die a year from hornet, wasp and ...

But commercial honey bee deaths have been soaring in the U.S. in recent years, and the reason why remains unclear. Between June 2024 and March 2025, beekeepers lost 1.6 million colonies — an ...