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

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

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

Show kids the importance of bee habitats like flower patches. Help provide a safe place for the buzzers—which pollinate an estimated one-third of the food we eat—by building a bee hotel near ...

Here are five of the best flowers to plant no matter what size ... also revealed that, of the 26 bumble bee species recorded in the UK 80 years ago, two are no longer present and another six ...

If flowers disappear too soon ... This means every time the bumble bee drinks or eats, they’re getting a dose of it. Though often not a lethal dose, neonicotinoids affect a bee’s ability ...

May 20 is World Bee Day, an opportunity to celebrate not only the beloved honey bee, but North America's 4,000 species of native bees, many of which are busy right now. "Throughout spring and summer, ...

By studying bumble bee exposure to particulate air pollutants ... and agriculture because they help pollinate wild trees and flowers and crops that support other insects and mammals in turn ...