Few Autobots are as beloved as Transformers’ Bumblebee, and now the fan-favorite hero is officially getting his own solo ...

Bumble bees cling to goldenrod blooms on a frosty fall morning. The goldenrod is still in bloom, and one small cluster of flowers had five little bumblebees hanging, motionless, from the undersides of ...

This past summer, Shae Loecke saw something almost too good to be true. While walking near the Iowa Memorial Union footbridge ...

Increasing summer temperatures, drought, disease, land use changes and insecticides have all been blamed for the precipitous ...

A new study has identified the bee's knees of bumble bee dietary options in Ohio and the Upper Midwest. By viewing almost 23,000 bumble bee-flower interactions over two years, researchers found that ...

Carrying pollen is a workout that significantly increases the body temperature of bumble bees, a new study shows. This new understanding of active bumble bee body temperatures raises questions about ...

In an elaborate experiment, scientists discovered that the insects chose to hibernate in soil full of pesticides and other poisons. By Darren Incorvaia North-facing, sloping ground with loose, sandy ...

Several species of California bumble bees have gone missing in the first statewide census of the fuzzy pollinators in 40 years. If they can be found, a recent court ruling could help save them.

These bees come from the "Old World" and are very effective pollinators for plants from the "Old World." However, when it ...