Several species of California bumble bees have gone missing in the first statewide census of the fuzzy pollinators in 40 years. Several species of California bumble bees have gone missing in the first ...

Mice love to take shelter inside beehives. It’s a perfect spot for a mouse; warm and cozy with plenty of honey to eat.

MANKATO — Bumble bees are in decline in Minnesota, but that doesn’t stop people from studying them. A study finds over half of U.S. bee colonies have vanished, and 64% of Minnesota’s hives have ...

(KXAN) – A study by Agricultural Research Service, which is the in-house research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, showed honey bees revisit the same flower patch more often than bumble ...

Deep inside a fossil-filled cave in the Dominican Republic, researchers uncovered evidence of an unexpected interaction ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A large black and yellow bumble bee that helps feed the world will get an assessment by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The Southern Plains bumble bee is one of 10 ...

Knowing your winged and stinging insects is pretty important for homeowners, both so they can better understand the biodiversity on their property and so that they know which insects pose danger to ...

What Is a Carpenter Bee? Carpenter bees are large (up to an inch long) solitary bees in the genus Xylocopa. There are hundreds of species of these big buzzy fliers around the world, with nine in the ...

If you have been around the barn, deck or any exposed wood, you have probably noticed these large bumblebee-looking insects flying around or boring into the wood. These are actually called carpenter ...

Honey bees are more faithful to their flower patches than bumble bees when it comes to returning to collect more pollen and nectar, according to a study by U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural ...