The Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee has a unique life cycle. Like cuckoo birds, they lay their eggs in the nests of other species ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is encouraging residents to plant a variety of native plants in their gardens to support local pollinators. By se ...

Bees prefer yellow flowers to red ones, reveals new research. And the findings may eventually lead to higher-yielding crops, ...

Wash the sting area with soap and water. Ice the area or use a cold pack for 10 to 20 minutes. Repeat as necessary. If the sting is on an arm or leg, raise it to reduce swelling. If you are stung on a ...

Bumblebees get their name from the word bumble, which means to buzz, hum, or move about awkwardly or indistinctly. All 250 ...

Adding hundreds of thousands of honeybees into a previously balanced residential environment disrupts it substantially.

May 20th is World Bee Day, which is an opportunity to celebrate not only the beloved honey bee, but North America’s 4,000 ...

Among all these pollinators, bumble bees are some of the largest and most familiar insects to us. You might be surprised to ...

Fast-rising temperatures can change how plants and animals behave and disrupt the delicate timing of pollination.

Some bumblebee populations have been disappearing ... With an increase in temperature, many plants are blooming earlier in ...

As a result, pollination may fail — which is bad news for flowers and crops. While honey bees — the most important pollinator of crops — seem particularly affected, other pollinators, such as bumble ...

Get a honeybee near a rose or a lavender and the insect will extend its strawlike tongue to search for nectar, pollinating the flower in the process. That’s at least how it works in clean ...