When most people think of bees, they picture honey bees buzzing around a hive. But honey bees are just a small part of a much ...

A major study of Australian native bees found that stem-nesting species may be the first to feel the impact of climate change ...

Bees are important pollinators of many crops and native plants, contributing about one-third of the human diet globally and providing immeasurable ecosystem services 1. An estimated 80% of crops in ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — When it comes to deciding where they’re going to get their next meal, different species of bees may be attracted to different flower traits, according to a study led by ...

New research paints a worrying picture for the different species of bees that provide multi-million-euro pollination services in Ireland each year. The work raises concerns about the potential ...

Bees need to gather different flower pollens in fall than they do in spring, according to a study of honeybees by U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service scientists. The ...

Human influences have the potential to reduce the effectivity of communication in bees adding further stress to struggling colonies, according to new analysis. Scientists at the University of Bristol ...

If you’re close enough to a bumblebee to see the order of its stripes, you’re probably too close to it. But lucky for you, a team of geneticists recently did a more highfalutin version of that task, ...

A baby bumble bee can end up on one of two very different paths. It can grow into a small worker that never reproduces, or ...

When it comes to deciding where they're going to get their next meal, different species of bees may be attracted to different flower traits. When it comes to deciding where they're going to get their ...