Volunteers are needed to help compile what’s known as Iowa’s Bumble Bee Atlas, an effort to gauge the state’s populations of the vital pollinators. Stephanie Shepherd, a wildlife diversity biologist ...

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

A San Diego federal judge on Wednesday declined to dismiss a lawsuit that alleged human trafficking and forced labor ...

MILWAUKEE - If you go for a walk from mid-April through May in an old Wisconsin forest, odds are you may have noticed diverse beds of flowers less than a foot high. These are spring ephemerals – short ...

Above: Bumble bees buzz pollinate crops like tomatoes when they collect pollen, which they store in a ball on their hind legs. It’s hard to deny the absolute benefits of the honey bee, but did you ...

INDIANOLA, IOWA (KWWL) -- Jason Foley, an Iowa Native, decided it was time to make the switch to become a fulltime honey beekeeper and says he stays very busy. Foley said, "Every moment that I wasn't ...

A recent NC State study shows bees heat up when carrying pollen, raising new questions about how climate change-related temperature increases could impact vital pollinator populations. As Triangle ...

ST. PAUL - Bees are tiny, but are big players in crop production, so the growing problem of them dying off is creating a huge concern throughout the Upper Midwest. Minnesota leaders are looking at ...

Carpenter bees look a little like bumblebees, but that is where the similarities end. Bumblebees do not create their own nests, so they do not cause structural damage. In contrast, carpenter bees bore ...