Bumble bees respond to physical disturbance of their nest with a sequence of defensive behaviors that lasts up to 10 minutes, according to a study by Sajedeh Sarlak at the University of Konstanz, ...

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 ...

(This story was updated to correct how often the rusty patched bumble bee has been seen. It's been seen in seven states over 10 years.) The rusty patched bumble bee had only been seen in seven states ...

Cornell researchers recently observed a novel ‘outhouse’ structure in Arctic bumble bee nests that could mitigate the spread of fecal-borne disease within bee colonies. The outhouse is a small and ...

Scientists have been warning for years that bumblebee populations are declining, posing a risk to the vital role that pollinators have in helping maintain food and plants across the world. New ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -While honey bees nest in trees and bumble bees nest in the ground, carpenter bees nest in wood. Most carpenter bees spend their time around dead wood. They get their name from ...

Wild bees across the west face a growing threat from microscopic parasites. Last week an Oregon researcher visited USU’s ...

There are five social species of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) native to Florida, and each is an important pollinator throughout the state. Although European honeybees make up about 85 percent of our ...

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, ...

Connal McLean is affiliated with The Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust and The Entomological Society of New Zealand. Jennifer Jandt does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...

The rusty patched bumble bee had only been seen in seven states over the last 10 years. That was until a Johnson County Conservation staff member noticed groups of bees exiting and entering a small ...