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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High heat and heavy metals dampen a bumblebee’s trademark buzz, threatening pollen release and colony chatter. Tiny sensors captured up-to-400-hertz tremors that falter under environmental stress, ...

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 ...

A 1957 experiment in Brazil was meant to create better honey bees, but the escape of 26 queen bees led to the spread of ...

Oil-collecting bees engage in one of the most specialised plant–pollinator mutualisms, centred on floral glands known as elaiophores that secrete non-volatile lipids. These floral oils serve multiple ...

About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of nature's most important processes. Bees are usually the first insects to ...

When I was a kid one of my favorite books was “Where They Go in Winter” by Margaret Waring Buck. I think I was around 7 years old when it came out. The illustrations and explanations of how a variety ...

Pollen constitutes a vital nutritional resource for bees, supplying proteins, lipids and micronutrients essential for brood rearing and colony maintenance. The ecology of pollen encompasses its ...

No creature fascinates and delights the human mind quite like the honeybee, and not just because of the tasty honey it produces. Nearly every aspect of this insect's existence provides fodder for ...