Research from Monash University explores how rising temperatures and growing urban environments can affect behavior in native ...

Queen bumblebees have sparser hair on their tongues than worker bees, which makes them less efficient at lapping up nectar, ...

Scientists studying a Caribbean island cave have unearthed something unexpected: ancient bees very much unlike the hive-dwelling insects we’re most familiar with. For the first time ever, ...

Contrary to popular depictions of bee nests as large, intricate hives that hang from trees, the majority of bee species — about 90% — are actually solitary and build their nests in the ground or ...

Bumblebees have a way of looking both adorable and slightly overserved, wobbling from flower to flower like fuzzy little potatoes. They seem simple, almost carefree. But a new study suggests there’s ...

Bumble bees respond to physical disturbance of their nest with a sequence of defensive behaviors that lasts up to 10 minutes, according to a study by Sajedeh Sarlak at the University of Konstanz, ...

A San Diego federal judge on Wednesday declined to dismiss a lawsuit that alleged human trafficking and forced labor violations by Bumble Bee Seafoods, the San Diego-based canned tuna giant, instead ...

When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the hive. Bumble bees are already under pressure from habitat loss, disease, ...

Bees are well-known to be sentient individuals with very active minds who display rich cognitive and emotional lives. What has never before been shown is that bumble bees, who play with balls and seem ...

UC Davis entomologist Robbin Thorp monitored populations of Franklin's bumble bee (Bombus franklini) until his death in 2019. The bee, found only in a limited area on the border of California and ...