As a result of the climate crisis, global warming is driving up temperatures around the world — and bumblebees, like humans, are struggling to cope with homes that can’t beat the heat. In a new ...

Bumblebees are on the decline. This isn't exactly a revelation, and without bees to help pollinate plants, the world will suffer. Now, though, researchers say they've found a major new factor in the ...

Rising global temperatures may be making bumblebee nests too hot for them to survive. The global bumblebee population has declined since the 1950s, sparking speculation on the causes – researchers ...

Try to imagine a brain the size of a tiny poppy seed. Believe it or not, scientists have just discovered a brain this small ...

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If you see a bumblebee now, it is most likely a common eastern: While most other species are gone, waiting for spring to reemerge, it forages on.

Learn about the enduring conflict between bumblebees and argentine ants, culminating in wars over nectar.

The rusty patched bumblebee became the first bee to be federally listed as endangered in 2017, but researchers studying this rare and charming creature are getting help locating it from an unexpected ...

Kyle Price, a field biologist (left) and Robert Jean, senior entomologist, both with Environmental Solutions & Innovations, study some of the soil excavated from an Iowa City yard while the pair were ...

The two-year-old German shorthaired pointer "is not afraid of a challenge," according to his owner Jacqueline Staab A two-year-old German shorthaired pointer is helping a researcher save bees in the ...

One of the amusements a garden can provide is watching the birds, bees, butterflies and other critters drawn to it. Most of us have seen honeybees flying from flower to flower, sipping nectar or ...