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

Because insects are generally small, humans tend to underestimate their intelligence. However, from their complex social ...

Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the U.S.—and they’re both cooler and ecologically more ...

Today’s subject is a bit unseasonable, since the plant I’m discussing doesn’t bloom until the shortening days of early autumn ...

The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

Researchers have shown for the first time that bumblebee colonies are more likely to become infested with bumblebee wax moths ...

US and Iranian diplomats began indirect talks to try to resolve concerns about Iran’s nuclear programme. Read more at ...

A study published in Frontiers in Bee Science has shown that physical distance plays a leading role in protecting bumblebees against a flying insect parasite, the bumblebee wax moth Aphomia sociella.

The most recent study headed by Consuelo De Moraes and Mark Mescher of the Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switzerland, focuses on queens of the species Bombus terrestris, commonly the ...

Bumblebees are facing an unexpected and mysterious threat: heat waves. New research has revealed that these high temperatures ...