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 ...

As a result of the climate crisis, global warming is driving up temperatures around the world—and bumblebees, like humans, are struggling to cope with homes that can't beat the heat. In a new article ...

Kyle Price, a field biologist (left) and Robert Jean, senior entomologist, both with Environmental Solutions & Innovations, study some of the soil excavated from an Iowa City yard while the pair were ...

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 ...

Cornell researchers recently observed a novel ‘outhouse’ structure in Arctic bumble bee nests that could mitigate the spread of fecal-borne disease within bee colonies. The outhouse is a small and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -While honey bees nest in trees and bumble bees nest in the ground, carpenter bees nest in wood. Most carpenter bees spend their time around dead wood. They get their name from ...

Scientists have been warning for years that bumblebee populations are declining, posing a risk to the vital role that pollinators have in helping maintain food and plants across the world. New ...

Bumblebees are on the decline. This isn't exactly a revelation, and without bees to help pollinate plants, the world will suffer. Now, though, researchers say they've found a major new factor in the ...

Florida's native bees are more efficient pollinators than honeybees and crucial for your garden. Learn how to attract these beneficial insects.

(This story was updated to correct how often the rusty patched bumble bee has been seen. It's been seen in seven states over 10 years.) The rusty patched bumble bee had only been seen in seven states ...