A Queen Bumblebee Faces Impossible Odds Alone and Scientists Just Discovered She May Be Smarter Than Everyone Thought ...

Scientists are examining the extraordinary colony-building capacities of solo queen bumblebees to better understand cognition ...

Every bumble bee colony has a queen, but a new study led by researchers at Penn State suggests the process of determining ...

As World Bee Day approaches on 20 May, offering a timely reminder of pollinators' vital role in food security, biodiversity, and ecosystem health, many might find themselves pondering the intricate ...

After finding a massive bumblebee barely moving on the sidewalk, this rescuer thought he was simply helping her recover for a ...

A new study has identified the bee's knees of bumble bee dietary options in Ohio and the Upper Midwest. By viewing almost 23,000 bumble bee-flower interactions over two years, researchers found that ...

There are five social species of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) native to Florida, and each is an important pollinator throughout the state. Although European honeybees make up about 85 percent of our ...

Some of California’s most crucial insects seem to have gone missing. A new study suggests that populations of once-abundant bumble bee species in California may have experienced serious decline, after ...