Bumblebees have brains barely larger than a poppy seed, yet scientists at Queen Mary University of London just handed them a challenge that stumps most humans, and the results upended everything ...

Global biodiversity loss is occurring at a rapid pace, driven by multiple human-caused factors, including overexploitation, ...

Those big bees hovering near the garden or porch may look similar, but their nesting habits, behavior, and appearance can ...

Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. Margarita Orlova is providing new insight into how bumblebee queens communicate through ...

If you've ever savored a huckleberry, you can probably thank a bumblebee for it. Turns out hucks are one of the favorite plants to pollinate, as they provide an early spring food for bees, ...

More than a century ago, psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted experiments that changed how scientists thought about animal ...

A laboratory accident at a Canadian university led to a discovery about one of North America’s most familiar pollinators.

New research by SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. Margarita Orlova is providing new insight into how bumble bee queens communicate through chemical signals and ...

The moscardón bumblebee is a gorgeous ginger giant that can measure up to 4cm in length.Illustration: Petra Korlević/The Guardian We all love bumblebees. Not only are they beautiful, busy and social, ...

If you were hiking around Unalaska in July, you may have seen a small group of scientists in the tundra with insect nets in hand. They were looking for bumblebees.The researchers were in Unalaska as ...

Clay Bolt has travelled the world to photograph this most humble and colourful of insects The post Meet the man on a mission ...

A bumblebee given a two-step puzzle box, one that required rotating a red tab before a second disc could be pushed aside to reach a sugar reward, had no prior experience with either step. Given enough ...