Bumble bees battling invasive Argentine ants may win individual fights but ultimately lose valuable foraging time, putting pressure on colonies already strained by habitat loss, disease, and ...

In the first long-term, community-level field study of wild bumble bee nutrition, a team of ecologists led by Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden discovered that wild bees aren't ...

You may be spotting bodies of dead bumblebees lying across pavements near you in the summer months. There are several reasons for this, some to do with the weather and some very much due to humans.

Across meadows, forests, and backyards, the familiar buzz of bumblebees has grown quieter. Scientists have been sounding the alarm for years: bumblebee populations are shrinking across North America ...

When the late summer sun falls over Ireland's Wicklow Mountains, the slopes turn purple with blooming heather. Honeybees are moved to the heathlands for the sought-after heather honey, but their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tricolor bumble bee, pictured, is one of 13 species identified by volunteers in the Iowa Bumble Bee Atlas. (Photo by Megan ...

The bees are dying – and nine other ways hotter weather is changing the British countryside forever - IN FOCUS: As new ...

Large earth bumblebee queen (Bombus terrestris) on the flowers of small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata). Keila, Northwestern Estonia. (Credit: Ivar Leidus / CC BY-SA 4.0) Do animals feel emotions? This ...

Multiple environmental pressures are harming bees whose pollination supports crops and flowering plants worldwide.