Scientists have unveiled a new food source designed to sustain honey bee colonies indefinitely without natural pollen. Published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the research from ...

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 ...

Margarita Lopez-Uribe reveals how squash bees evolved to thrive on our modern farms. Pollination gets personal when Shane meets Margarita Lopez-Uribe, an entomologist who studies squash bees — a wild, ...

The bees are working very hard to collect all of the pollen they can. Nectar is very scarce at this time of the year, and the pollen will be one of their winter’s food sources. The collection of fall ...

Feral honey bees, once celebrated for their agricultural value, are now threatening native ecosystems in Southern California by monopolizing pollen sources and overwhelming native pollinators. A new ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Bumble bees aren’t random foragers – they’re master nutritionists. Over an eight-year field study in the Colorado Rockies, scientists uncovered that different bee species strategically balance their ...

PULLMAN, Wash., -- Scientists have unveiled a new food source designed to sustain honey bee colonies indefinitely without natural pollen. Published April 16 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal ...