The female of the species has devil-like black horns, and a taste for extremely rare pollen. But until now, this Australian native bee has never been officially named or identified. Subscribe to our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The nicknamed "Lucifer" bee, or Megachile lucifer, was discovered 2019 in the Goldfields region of western Australia, according to ...

Researchers in Australia have discovered a native bee species with tiny "devil-like horns.” A research team at Curtin University in Perth discovered the species while surveying a critically endangered ...

James B. Dorey has received relevant PhD funding from Flinders University and the Playford Trust as well as relevant research funding from the Ecological Society of Australia (via the Holsworth ...

Scientists in Australia have identified a new species of native bee with tiny, devil-like horns that have earned it a playfully hellish name – “lucifer.” The species, Megachile lucifer, was discovered ...

Honeybees collecting nectar from a "buffet" of Australian native plants made honey with anti-microbial abilities that is more ...

Resistance to synthetic antibiotics poses a critical global health challenge. Various European honeybee and other natural products have been proposed as novel therapeutic agents to address this ...

Studying the unusual social behavior of an Australian native bee has enabled researchers to obtain a clear understanding of the earliest stages of social evolution. Evidence of how individuals that ...

Scientists in Australia have identified a new species of native bee with tiny, devil-like horns that have earned it a playfully hellish name – “lucifer.” The species, Megachile lucifer, was discovered ...