Bumblebees have awakened from their winter ... Without their assistance, legume plants (such as beans, peas, or broad beans), fruits like apples, raspberries, strawberries, as well as tomatoes ...

Climate change could lead to more small-bodied bees but fewer bumblebees, according to research published Wednesday, warning of potential “cascading” effects on plant pollination and across ...

Only two bumblebees — the rusty patched and Franklin’s — are now protected under the Act. The American bumblebee was once common in open prairies, grasslands and urban areas across most of the United ...

Efforts are underway to save the nationally rare Shrill carder bumblebee in Somerset. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust has launched the SOS Somerset project to help the species, which is in decline ...