The bumblebee.A round, large body with wings that look too small. It flies through the air with a buzzing sound.The ...

Some of California’s most crucial insects seem to have gone missing. A new study suggests that populations of once-abundant bumble bee species in California may have experienced serious decline, after ...

Bumble bees play, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London published in Animal Behaviour. It is the first time that object play behaviour has been shown in an insect, adding to ...

Carrying pollen is a workout that significantly increases the body temperature of bumble bees, a new study shows. This new understanding of active bumble bee body temperatures raises questions about ...

Increasing summer temperatures, drought, disease, land use changes and insecticides have all been blamed for the precipitous ...

When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the hive. Bumble bees are already under pressure from habitat loss, disease, ...

In the first long-term, community-level field study of wild bumble bee nutrition, a team of ecologists led by Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden discovered that wild bees aren't ...

After bringing queen Phoebee home, Gilly McArthur expected her to die within a day or two, but she’s bumbling on ...

A study shows that bumble bees aren't simply busy. They're also playful. Mammals do it. Birds do it. And now scientists say bees do it, too. According to a new paper published in Animal Behaviour, ...

If you see a bumblebee doing this, or vibrating her wings, it’s best to back away, stinging is their last resort, but they’ve ...

The Mystery of the Male Bee: Not a Bumblebee! We instinctively talk about the queen bee or worker bees, but many people ...