SUMMER is just around the corner and bees, butterflies and other insects are busy now the gardens and open spaces are in full ...

A new study shows that bumble bee queens take regular breaks from reproduction, likely to avoid burning out before their ...

1989), adaptation and reproductive efficiency of the Africanized bees, which inherited adaptive characteristics of their African ancestors (Fletcher, 1978; Rinderer, 1986; Rinderer et al., 1993; ...

European honey bees have been present in Australia for about 190 years, but their distribution and abundance has increased dramatically over the last 80 years. The actual number of feral colonies is ...

They are searching for mates and favorable sites to construct their nests. Carpenter bees resemble bumble bees, but the upper surface of their abdomen is bare and shiny black; bumble bees have a ...

Mason Lee, senior project coordinator of the Biodiversity Institute, holds up a bumble bee in a tube during last year’s Bumble Bee Atlas training. This year’s training is scheduled Sunday, June 1, ...

Bees and other pollinators have been on the decline for years, and experts blame a combination of factors: insecticides, parasites, disease, climate change and lack of a diverse food supply.

In 2018, the U.N. General Assembly sponsored the first “World Bee Day” to bring attention to the bees’ plight. Steps as small as planting a pollinator garden or buying raw honey from local ...

A significant part of the human diet comes from plants pollinated by bees ... the spring. On Tuesday, around 400,000 bees in urban rooftop hives in the western city of Cologne — where the yellow ...