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The Wheen Bee Foundation extends its gratitude and best wishes to Non-Executive Director Dr Diana Leemon, who is stepping down from the Board to focus on her research commitments.

Brisbane artist Anne Scanlon believes Australia’s native bees deserve perfection.

Australian school students are invited to showcase their creative talents and enter in the School Pollinator Art Competition as it returns for its second year.

The Pollinator Photography Competition returns with a new video category, inviting photographers and videographers to capture the fascinating world of Australia’s bees and other pollinators.

Bees contribute an estimated $4.2 billion to Australian agriculture each year, yet the array of pollinators underpinning that system face threats on multiple fronts, including climate change, habitat loss, agricultural chemical use and the ongoing spread of pests and diseases.

A metallic bee that sleeps in giant clusters?

From the inaugural School Pollinator Art Competition to thousands of Powerful Pollinator Planting Guides and hosting the biggest World Bee Day celebrations on record, 2025 was a year of growth and meaningful impact for pollinator awareness and conservation across Australia.

A new online science-based program is providing the knowledge and skills to help anyone interested in pollinators increase their understanding of managed and wild pollinators.

Bee education in schools is now a whole lot sweeter thanks to Beechworth Honey’s The Art of Pollination campaign.

Meet the hover flies in the family Syrphidae. They’re important pollinators of Australia’s native plants and the December Pollinator of the Month.

A delightfully detailed family photo of three Nomia aurantifer perching on a stalk taken by Craig Loechel from Victoria has taken out first place in this year’s Pollinator Photography Competition.

Meet the Green carpenter bee Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata. A metallic marvel with an unmistakeable buzz, and this month’s Pollinator of the Month.

Australian Pollinator Week calls on all Australians to celebrate the remarkable diversity of Australia’s pollinators, which are vital to keeping Australia’s landscapes thriving.

Meet the solitary wasps, the unsung heroes of pollination and the September Pollinator of the Month.

Students across Australia are invited to be creative and shine a spotlight on the small but mighty pollinators in a new national art competition.

The 2025 Pollinator Photography Competition is now open, inviting photographers of all ages to zoom in on the fascinating world of Australia’s bees and other pollinators.

Meet the Cuckoo Bees – four of Australia’s most striking and sneaky native bees and our August Pollinator of the Month.