Since Darwin's time, the phenomenon known as flower constancy—i.e., where insects consistently visit the same flower type even when many others are also present—has been understood as a passive ...

A study of bumble bees has uncovered a potential reason for the insects' decline. By studying bumble bee exposure to ...

The Xerces Society is looking for volunteers for this year’s Bumble Bee Atlas field season to track declining populations of bumble bees.

In 1973 several of us, who were graduate students or friends at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL) in Gothic, CO ...

Spring is here, and that means it’s bee season! Bees are fascinating creatures, with approximately 4,000 species located in ...

Decades ago, the Bombus affinis species of the bumble bee could be seen thriving across the Eastern and Midwest regions of ...

The atlas has a goal of learning about bumble bees in Iowa, particularly what species are in Iowa and what kind of habitat ...