Key pointsHigher temperatures caused European honeybees to slow down their attraction to light, while native Australian bees’ light attraction appeared unaffected. Bees living in urban and natural environments demonstrated similar light attraction responses. Research from Monash University explores how rising temperature and growing urban environments can affect behaviour in native Australian bees and the European honeybee. The results revealed significant differences in behaviour between native bees and introduced honeybees, with honeybees exhibiting faster responses under all conditions. It was found that neither urbanisation nor light type had a significant effect on the response time in either honeybee or native bees.