A study finds that the cumulative impact of a pyrethroid insecticide and a fungicide hexaconazole "induced [an] acute ...

Put yourself in the exoskeleton of a bumble bee for a moment: Your world would be a riot of colors and scents, both essential to guide your search for pollen and nectar. Bumble bees have excellent ...

Honey bees are truly impressive insects, playing a major role in sustaining ecosystems. These remarkable insects build perfectly structured honeycombs. Honey bees are ectothermic and must regulate the ...

Bumble bees with no prior training on the complete task spontaneously rolled a ball beneath an out-of-reach sugar reward and stood on it to feed, solving an object-manipulation problem that echoes the ...

A new study has identified the bee's knees of bumble bee dietary options in Ohio and the Upper Midwest. By viewing almost 23,000 bumble bee-flower interactions over two years, researchers found that ...

Honey bee larvae lack the sophisticated olfactory capabilities of adult honey bees, a new study finds. Scientists point to ...

Community science volunteers -- laypeople with an interest in bees and conservation -- significantly contribute to the scientific knowledge of native bumble bees across Canada and the United States.

NPR's Ailsa Chang searches coastal California for wild bumblebees with conservation biologist Leif Richardson, one of the leaders of the California Bumble Bee Atlas. And you know what? I have always ...

Bees rarely attract much attention unless a hive appears somewhere unexpected or a jar of honey is sitting on a kitchen shelf. Most people recognise the sound before they notice the insect itself. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Candles, lip balm, lotion, dog balm, and lemonade: These are some of the things that can be created from honey. The Iowa Honey ...

It’s spring again ... time for bees to pollinate flowers. Although bee populations have leveled off during the past few years, we’re still at a nadir historically. In the 1940s, there were 6 million ...

As tiny insects, honey bees are consistently underestimated. These little guys are far more complex than most people realize. While their buzz might send you ducking for cover, honey bees aren't much ...