In a bumblebee species, variations in pesticide sensitivity, with gut microbiome health implications, are observed.

Kent has the highest number of recorded bumblebee sightings across the whole of the UK, with East Kent topping the list with ...

A new study has found Kent is the best place to see bumblebees across the UK as numbers continue to plummet. Walkers in East ...

Most people would have walked past the flower. Even fewer would have recognized the insect on it. But in 2009, Sheila Colla ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota found transmission of viruses between different bee species did not lead to the formation of new virus variants.

LEXI NEWSOM: Common eastern bumble bees will nest anywhere, even in sidewalk cracks, so they are found across Chicago, CaraDonna said. Although the rusty patched bumble bee is uncommon, CaraDonna ...

Her research (see here, here, here, here, here, and here) identifies important gaps overlooked in current assessments and regulations for bee species, including the common eastern bumble bee (Bombus ...

The rusty patched bumble bee was named Minnesota state bee in 2019. Once common across large portions of eastern states and the upper Midwest, populations declined dramatically due to habitat loss ...

The team conducted field experiments in which newly emerged queens of the common eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) were left to fly freely in outdoor enclosures, mate and then choose a site in ...

The common eastern bumble bee — or Bombus impatiens — was first introduced to the region in the 1990s to pollinate in greenhouses. Melissa Platsko, a recent MSc graduate from the PPGC Lab, said ...