Bumble bees can generate their own heat, allowing them to be active in the colder temperatures of spring and fall. Only young, mated queen bumble bees survive the winter by hibernating underground.

At Bendix Woods County Park, an indoor observation hive gives visitors of all ages a close-up look at bees and their important role in nature. Learn how these small pollinators support the environment ...

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I live in a part of North Berwick that has super sandy soil. We have a small river out back bordered by a floodplain that floods at least a couple of times a year, and is shaded by pines and covered ...

The problem with climate change isn't just the temperature—it's also how fast the climate is changing today. Historically, Earth's climate changes have generally happened over thousands to millions of ...

"The goal is to be able to answer that and then engineer it into something that we can make at scale." ...

"Secrets of the Bees" has taken advanced camera technology and used it to reveal never-before-filmed footage of these vital animals in their natural environment as ...

In spring, on the traditional and treaty lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, young children, Anishinaabe storytellers and educators walk together with Aki (Land) and Nibi (Water). I'm a ...

Scientists have developed a breakthrough “superfood” for honeybees by engineering yeast to produce the essential nutrients normally found in pollen. In controlled trials, colonies fed this specially ...

Solitary bees display a remarkable diversity of pollen foraging strategies that balance the nutritional requirements of larvae with the morphological and chemical defences of pollen sources.

Stingless bee honeys are among the most chemically diverse and bioactive honeys yet remain largely excluded from international authenticity standards centered on Apis ...

The problem with climate change isn’t just the temperature – it’s also how fast the climate is changing today. Historically, Earth’s climate changes have generally happened over thousands to millions ...