Wild bees across the west face a growing threat from microscopic parasites. Last week an Oregon researcher visited USU’s ...
Bumblebees have a way of looking both adorable and slightly overserved, wobbling from flower to flower like fuzzy little ...
Bumblebee guards are actually pretty casual about sterile intruders. They’ll spend a little extra time examining them with their antennae, before allowing them inside. But when fertile intruders show ...
Quick Take Argentine ants are a non-native, invasive species in the United States. They compete with bumble bees for prized ...
The late-summer bloom of heather in the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland coats the range in lovely purple flowers. Beekeepers ...
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 ...
Researchers map the organized stages of bumblebee defense, from the first wing buzz to the final calming signals that reset ...
(KXAN) – A study by Agricultural Research Service, which is the in-house research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, showed honey bees revisit the same flower patch more often than bumble ...
The invasive insects have been spreading across the United States for over a decade, leaving behind poop that bees are ...
Curious where bees and wasps go in winter? Learn how these buzzing insects survive the cold months and what happens to hives and nests until spring.