Slow-motion videos suggest that the insects display distinct behaviors when they like or dislike a snack. The findings might ...

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Volunteers across Iowa conducted nearly 500 bumble bee atlas surveys in 2025, which was more than three times the number of ...

Scientists at Macquarie University in Australia and Southern Medical University in China have discovered that bumblebees show ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed a law designating the black and gold bumblebee as the Illinois State Bee.

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Unladen common eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) in Ontario ...

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 ...

We are losing our bees at an alarming rate. In Europe, the number of wild bee species considered at risk of extinction has ...

The bedraggled bumblebee queen seemed lifeless. Yet she was somehow alive — still breathing after being underwater for roughly a week in the lab. Did she manage to hold her breath for all that time, ...

Hotels are usually built for travellers, but some are designed for creatures no bigger than your thumb. Scientists and ...