Over at Buzzfeeds, we're switching to a new, monthly feature. In honor of the transition, a selection of our best stories so far

This week: bee gut medicine, parasite resistance through genetic diversity, and Australia opens its borders to foreign queens

This week: the web of pollinators' decline, finding a chemical 'trigger' for hostility to mites, and Neil Gaiman on beekeeping

This week: urban pollinator databanks, 'extinct' UK bee returns, and the latest on honeybots and anti-bacterial 'heather honey'

This week: a potential conflict of interests in Britain, mites decimate bees, and a peek at the new film More Than Honey

The week: major pesticide producers challenge bans of their products, lawmakers learn about bees, and a Tanzanian bonus

A round-up of all the latest news affecting the declining bee population, plus we launch Buzzfeeds Q&A. Ask away!

The week in bees: new pesticide labels will better protect bees, and why honey bee deaths might cause food prices to rise

Concerned about the worldwide bee crisis? Here's this week's top stories with analysis from the Guardian's resident bee expert

Concerned about the worldwide bee crisis? Here's this week's top stories with analysis from our resident bee expert