As numbers of these key pollinators decline, conservationists are eyeing new federal protections for one vulnerable species By Alex Fox Photograph by Clay Bolt Bumblebees’ round, hairy bodies are ...
The unlikely friendship between a woman and a bumblebee has taken the internet by storm. In a video shared on Twitter by The Dodo, a woman named Tiana told the story of Bumble — a bumblebee she found ...
These container-garden flowers and plants are popular with a wide range of bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other ...
When a bumble bee emerges from torpor, it repeatedly rubs its arms over its head and flexes its abdomen. It’s a half-stretch, half-dance move that warms the bee up and out of the state of decreased ...
Environmental Communications Specialist Brett Peto contributed this story. A bumble bee queen has a lot resting on her wings. She lives for four seasons. During that time, she will survive winter, ...
Bumble bees aren’t random foragers – they’re master nutritionists. Over an eight-year field study in the Colorado Rockies, scientists uncovered that different bee species strategically balance their ...
There are over 4,000 native bee species and many are in decline. Here are beneficial types of garden bees that need a boost ...
The endangered rusty-patched bumble bee has achieved fame as the Minnesota state bee. It’s just one of about two dozen bumble bee species in Minnesota and scientists suspect others are at risk and ...
An owner who thought she was filming her dog sweetly looking at a bumblebee quickly realized her pet's inner thoughts took over. An August 30 Instagram clip shared to the account @lisa_the_stylist ...