This fascinating fact has come to light, so to speak, as a video of bees not being able to fly without light has gone viral on TikTok and Reddit. The video captures dozens of bees plummeting to the ...

One of the amusements a garden can provide is watching the birds, bees, butterflies and other critters drawn to it. Most of us have seen honeybees flying from flower to flower, sipping nectar or ...

Good pollen makes bees hot, biologists at UC San Diego have found. Wasps warm up too when they find protein-rich meat, a separate experiment has shown. In both cases warmer flight muscles likely speed ...

Michael Dillon, a professor in the UW Department of Zoology and Physiology, was a recent guest on “CrowdScience,” a BBC World Service podcast hosted by Alex Lathbridge. The show’s subject centered on ...

Connal McLean is affiliated with The Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust and The Entomological Society of New Zealand. Jennifer Jandt does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...

When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the ...

Bumblebees play crucial roles in nature as pollinators for many wildflowers, and in agriculture as pollinators of field crops. They also exhibit complex social structures and behaviors. Scientists ...