A hidden camera offers a close look at a bumblebee feeding among delicate pink heather flowers. Its fuzzy yellow and black ...

Bumble bees—vital and fuzzy pollinators—face unique threats amidst global insect declines. If the insect world has a fuzzy, charismatic cutie, it’s surely the humble bumble bee. While insect ...

After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to investigate what makes that super-ability possible Common eastern bumblebee ...

A bumblebee given a two-step puzzle box, one that required rotating a red tab before a second disc could be pushed aside to reach a sugar reward, had no prior experience with either step. Given enough ...

A new study offers clues as to how the insects survive flooding as they emerge from a hibernation-like phase every winter. By Jason P. Dinh If you want to be queen, don’t hold your breath. That is, if ...

Hibernating common eastern bumblebee queens survived for a week while submerged underwater in a lab. Rhododendrites via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Bumblebees may be more resilient than ...

Bumble bees astonished researchers by inventing a new way to reach a hidden reward, despite never being taught the trick. The discovery adds to growing evidence that these tiny insects are far smarter ...

Every bumble bee colony has a queen, but a new study led by researchers at Penn State suggests the process of determining which baby bee reigns supreme may be less monarchal than the royal title ...

No Bees, No Food? How Insects Support Our Dining Tables"If the bees are gone, we're in trouble."Actually, this is not a ...

There are at least 14 million insect species on Earth, and they play highly diverse roles in sustaining the natural world.

Bees are one of nature’s most effective collaborators, constantly working for the betterment of the hive. But the extent of their ability to work in tandem is perhaps more significant than originally ...