Hordes of bees have been flocking to planters, trash bins and even bicycles around Midtown Manhattan this season, according to multiple social media posts and videos capturing the “biblical” swarms.

Bees are more than just cute little fuzzballs buzzing around. They are the ultimate gardeners, tiny dynamos responsible for pollinating one-third of the world’s crops and keeping ecosystems humming.

High heat and heavy metals dampen a bumblebee’s trademark buzz, threatening pollen release and colony chatter. Tiny sensors captured up-to-400-hertz tremors that falter under environmental stress, ...

Bees are the workhorses of magic. So tiny, they might even slip your eye while you’re strolling in your flowerbed. Spot them and their little antennas will shiver, emitting sounds of buzz, as if ...