This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American On March 21, the rusty-patched bumble bee, ...

The rusty patched bumble bee had only been seen in seven states over the last 10 years. That was until a Johnson County Conservation staff member noticed groups of bees exiting and entering a small ...

One of the amusements a garden can provide is watching the birds, bees, butterflies and other critters drawn to it. Most of us have seen honeybees flying from flower to flower, sipping nectar or ...

The endangered rusty-patched bumble bee has achieved fame as the Minnesota state bee. It’s just one of about two dozen bumble bee species in Minnesota and scientists suspect others are at risk and ...

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 ...

This fascinating fact has come to light, so to speak, as a video of bees not being able to fly without light has gone viral on TikTok and Reddit. The video captures dozens of bees plummeting to the ...

There are five social species of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) native to Florida, and each is an important pollinator throughout the state. Although European honeybees make up about 85 percent of our ...

In January, a coalition of scientists from various academic and conservation organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) asking the agency to take action on an unexpected ...

Some of California’s most crucial insects seem to have gone missing. A new study suggests that populations of once-abundant bumble bee species in California may have experienced serious decline, after ...

Bee-lieve it or not, bees are considered the most important pollinator in the world. Lucky for us, here in Colorado we have the fifth-most bee diversity in the United States. You can find 946 native ...