When ants battle bumble bees, nobody wins

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

Nectar wars between bumble bees and invasive ants drain the hive

Bumble bees battling invasive Argentine ants may win individual fights but ultimately lose valuable foraging time, putting ...
AZ Central

Bumble Bee, AZ: Here's how this ghost town got its name. Hint: it's not really about bugs

Bumble Bee is now a small, quiet ghost town off Interstate 17, about 50 miles southeast of Prescott. The area, however, was once a lively stage stop on a route known as "the Phoenix Road," the main ...
ucdavis.edu

Population Decline of Franklin’s Bumble Bee Wasn’t Due to Pathogens, Museum Genomic Research Shows

UC Davis entomologist Robbin Thorp monitored populations of Franklin's bumble bee (Bombus franklini) until his death in 2019. The bee, found only in a limited area on the border of California and ...
Phys.org

Rare bumble bee's downfall began long before effects from humans, study says

A rare North American bumble bee may have been on a path toward extinction long before modern human impacts, suggesting that its long-term genetic vulnerability made it especially fragile and less ...
Los Angeles Times

Indonesian fishermen sue Bumble Bee and say the canned tuna giant knew of abuse in its supply chain

SAN DIEGO — Lawyers representing four Indonesian fishermen who say they were beaten and trapped on vessels that were part of the global supply chain that provided tuna to Bumble Bee Seafoods filed a ...