Dennis and Diane Reynolds have turned their New Berlin yard into a natural garden for Wisconsin's native bees, including ...

Bumblebees are lovable, adorable and admirably occupied. They tumble along like toddlers drunk on the sweet smells of pretty flowers, breathing in one, then another and another. If Winnie-the-Pooh ...

Four seasons in a bumble bee colony Environmental Communications Specialist Brett Peto contributed this story. A bumble bee ...

If an octogenarian entomologist could be a superhero, Robbin Thorp might be a good candidate. He moves slowly along the Pacific Crest Trail, eyes scanning below a floppy field hat. In his hand, a hero ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided to list a bumblebee found only in Northern California and Southern Oregon as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Franklin’s bumblebee hasn’t ...

The designation would have been extra layer of protection for the bee, on top of its already endangered status. “This decision weakens the bee’s protection under the Endangered Species Act and will ...

The immediate fate of the rusty patched bumble bee no longer hangs in the balance. The prodigious pollinator officially landed on America's endangered species list Tuesday, the Department of the ...

Researchers have figured out which plant species bumble bees prefer to include in their diets, providing advice to those wishing to help with bee conservation efforts. During the summer months of 2015 ...

When pollen is scarce, bumble bees will nibble on the leaves of plants that lack flowers thereby damaging them, which compels the plants to bloom two to four weeks earlier A buff-tailed bumble bee ...