Argentine ants compete with bumble bees for prized nectar sources. But the bees are fighting back. Find out how.

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 ...

Researchers map the organized stages of bumblebee defense, from the first wing buzz to the final calming signals that reset the colony.

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There are five social species of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) native to Florida, and each is an important pollinator throughout the state. Although European honeybees make up about 85 percent of our ...

Wild bees across the west face a growing threat from microscopic parasites. Last week an Oregon researcher visited USU’s ...

Researchers have figured out which plant species bumble bees prefer to include in their diets, providing advice to those wishing to help with bee conservation efforts. During the summer months of 2015 ...

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.

It may not seem like the best time to be in charge of Bumble Bee. The canned tuna industry has faced all manner of scandals over the past several years. Along with its competitors, Bumble Bee was ...

When pollen is scarce, bumble bees will nibble on the leaves of plants that lack flowers thereby damaging them, which compels the plants to bloom two to four weeks earlier A buff-tailed bumble bee ...