Bumble bees cling to goldenrod blooms on a frosty fall morning. The goldenrod is still in bloom, and one small cluster of flowers had five little bumblebees hanging, motionless, from the undersides of ...

A detailed, high-resolution map of the rusty patched bumble bee's genome has been released by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

Carrying pollen is a workout that significantly increases the body temperature of bumble bees, a new study shows. This new understanding of active bumble bee body temperatures raises questions about ...

Increasing summer temperatures, drought, disease, land use changes and insecticides have all been blamed for the precipitous ...

The Mystery of the Male Bee: Not a Bumblebee! We instinctively talk about the queen bee or worker bees, but many people ...

This fascinating fact has come to light, so to speak, as a video of bees not being able to fly without light has gone viral on TikTok and Reddit. The video captures dozens of bees plummeting to the ...

These bees come from the "Old World" and are very effective pollinators for plants from the "Old World." However, when it ...

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 ...

After bringing queen Phoebee home, Gilly McArthur expected her to die within a day or two, but she’s bumbling on ...

A study shows that bumble bees aren't simply busy. They're also playful. Mammals do it. Birds do it. And now scientists say bees do it, too. According to a new paper published in Animal Behaviour, ...