Most legal systems treat insects as property, pests, or simply ignore them. Late last year, two municipalities in the ...

As a child, Heriberto Vela, an Indigenous resident of Loreto, Peru, watched his father pull nests of wild stingless bees from trees in the Amazon forest. Together, the two then extracted honey from ...

In the Peruvian Amazon, a tiny pollinator has become the unlikely protagonist of a legal revolution. Local authorities have recognized stingless bees as holders of rights in their own ecosystems, ...

The idea may seem incredible but there it goes, the right to life and other legal guarantees have been granted to tiny insects that have long been overlooked in legal regulations. Nevertheless, Peru ...

For a long time, insects have barely registered in environmental law. Even as scientists warned that pollinators were disappearing and food systems were becoming more fragile, bees and other insects ...

Peruvian municipalities in Satipo and Nauta have granted legal rights to native stingless bees. These tiny pollinators are ...

LIMA, Peru — Alfredo Santiago has a unique job in Peru 's capital city of Lima: he's a bee rescuer. The 35-year-old began as a beekeeper but added rescuing the stinging insects to his services. He ...

As trees and flowers blossom in spring, bees emerge from their winter nests and burrows. For many species it’s time to mate, and some will start new solitary nests or colonies. Bees and other ...