Rusty patched bumble bees lost 87% of their population over the last couple of decades nationwide — their local populations here in Evanston declined as well. Scientists and residents in the greater ...

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 ...

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 ...

The yield and quality of many crops benefit from pollination, but it isn't just honey bees that do this work: bumble bees also have a role. A team has used innovative molecular biological methods and ...

The endangered rusty-patched bumble bee has achieved fame as the Minnesota state bee. It’s just one of about two dozen bumble bee species in Minnesota and scientists suspect others are at risk and ...

A new study from North Carolina State University finds carrying pollen is a workout that significantly increases the body temperature of bumble bees. This new understanding of active bumble bee body ...