A baby bumble bee can end up on one of two very different paths. It can grow into a small worker that never reproduces, or ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable ...

Kansas needs help documenting bumble bees to develop a catalogue of their habitats, foraging and population across three ...

When a bumble bee emerges from torpor, it repeatedly rubs its arms over its head and flexes its abdomen. It’s a half-stretch, half-dance move that warms the bee up and out of the state of decreased ...

Environmental Communications Specialist Brett Peto contributed this story. A bumble bee queen has a lot resting on her wings. She lives for four seasons. During that time, she will survive winter, ...

I never realized how fuzzy a bumble bee is until I got to hold one between my fingertips. It feels like a furry black and yellow bear, buzzing with its tiny body, wriggling with its legs. The ...

A new study published in journal Science on June 4 has found that bumble bees can solve complex object-based tasks without ...

HELP SOME OF IOWA’S SMALLEST BUT MOST IMPORTANT RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT THE BUMBLEBEE ATLAS. IS JENNY PUGA, A CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST WITH THE XERCES SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION. THANKS FOR ...

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