I never realized how fuzzy a bumble bee is until I got to hold one between my fingertips. It feels like a furry black and yellow bear, buzzing with its tiny body, wriggling with its legs. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the hive. Bumble bees are already under pressure from habitat loss, disease, ...

A new genetic study reveals secrets about the creature, which may help researchers make decisions to conserve the species Anne Readel A rusty patched bumblebee, the first bumblebee species to be ...

A rare North American bumble bee may have been on a path toward extinction long before modern human impacts, suggesting that its long-term genetic vulnerability made it especially fragile and less ...

UK bees face grave danger from ever increasing summer temperatures, and unwelcome pests. But one man is on a mission to save ...