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 ...

Bumblebee guards are actually pretty casual about sterile intruders. They’ll spend a little extra time examining them with ...

Bumblebees are on the decline. This isn't exactly a revelation, and without bees to help pollinate plants, the world will suffer. Now, though, researchers say they've found a major new factor in the ...

While testing how well commercial bumblebees pollinate early spring crops, researchers made a surprising discovery: dead wild bumblebee queens in the hives, an average of 10 per nest box. While ...

A study has revealed that bumble bees appear to give up sleep in order to care for their hive's young, even if the offspring isn't their own. Bumble bees studied by scientists in Israel slept less in ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- At this time of year, bees, hornets and just about every other kind of insect are becoming active and getting their life cycles started. Some, like the honeybees, are already ...