Since bees pollinate about one-third of the global food supply, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes, their decline could have a direct impact on agriculture.

For bumblebees, the ability to smell flowers is a matter of life or death. Olfactory, along with visual, cues lead them to the best flowers , which they in turn use as a food source ( SN: 4/9/24 ).

The bees were subjected to simulated heatwaves by being placed in tubes where the temperature was raised to 40 degrees Celsius for nearly three hours.

The researchers found that bumblebees were able to learn from one another how to solve a puzzle — a sign they could have a “capacity for culture.” ...

The bees are having a rough go of it. Declining populations, parasitic wasps, and continued environmental degradation would be stressful situations for any species—and the planet’s vital ...

If bumblebees can play, does it mean they have feelings? This study suggests yes Scientists wanted to learn whether bees, like humans and other mammals, had any interest in playing for fun's sake.

Bees are well-versed in the unspoken language of flowers. These buzzing pollinators are in tune with many features of flowering plants—the shape of the bulbs, the diversity of colors, and their ...

Some bees did this only once, others rolled balls 44 times during a single day, and one did so a whopping 117 times over the course of the study.

Finding nest sites is part of general bumble bee monitoring programs in Lake County but this is the first year dogs have been used to assist. “The expectation is to get more information on how ...

Like carpenter bees, bumblebees are effective pollinators. Here’s what they come out in NC and how to tell them apart from each other and whether they sting.