Queen bumble bees can survive fully submerged for a week, revealing how these pollinators endure spring floods and still start new colonies.

A: According to an article by David Inouye of the University of Maryland for the U.S. Forest Service, in spring, “queens emerge from underground where they have spent the winter, and look for a nest ...

After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to ...

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 ...

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 ...

As a result of the climate crisis, global warming is driving up temperatures around the world—and bumblebees, like humans, are struggling to cope with homes that can't beat the heat. In a new article ...

We’re almost at that time of the year where stinging insects will be at their peak populations. An unusually milder winter coupled with a bountiful food supply has led researchers with the Alabama ...

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 ...