New research shows bumble bee queens pause egg-laying early in colony formation to manage energy and time reproduction.

Bumblebee queens don t work nonstop. UC Riverside scientists discovered that queens take strategic reproductive breaks early ...

Native bees come in a variety of sizes - some are big, some are small, and some are… even smaller! Enjoy these two vignettes ...

A historic estate is being transformed into a sanctuary for some of the UK’s most threatened bumblebees. Tredegar House in Newport is part of a new project by National Trust Cymru and the Bumblebee ...

Volunteers are needed to help compile what’s known as Iowa’s Bumble Bee Atlas, an effort to gauge the state’s populations of ...

“There are natural things out there that bees are interacting with that can be beneficial for them,” Giacomini says. And by making changes to the landscape, scientists hope we can help give ...

The National Park Service gave this description of what’s happening behind the scenes: “When they bloom in early spring, the flowers are pollinated by bees and wasps. Then, they produce a ...

The bee population has been dramatically falling over recent years due to a number of factors. Climate change and the regular use of insect-harming pesticides have had a serious impact on bee ...

They are searching for mates and favorable sites to construct their nests. Carpenter bees resemble bumble bees, but the upper surface of their abdomen is bare and shiny black; bumble bees have a ...

Therefore, this study explored the mechanism of the impact of intensified atmospheric Phosphorus (P) deposition on the alpine grassland plant communities in Sejila Mountain, Nyingchi, Tibet.