A study finds that bumblebees can tell long and short light flashes apart, revealing a surprising timing skill in these tiny ...

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 ...

Animaj and Studio 100 International have agreed to a partnership to relaunch the iconic European franchise Maya the Bee. Paris-based digital-first kids’ studio Animaj has joint ownership of the ...

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The surefire way to know whether it’s a sweat bee or a corn fly buzzing around is if it stings. The halictid bee stings, but the corn fly, also called a hover fly, does not. “They’re mimics of bees, ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs is buzzing, not just with golf fans and pros at the U.S. Senior Open, but with something far more unexpected. Just off the fairway, ...

In 2007, the United States Senate unanimously approved a resolution designating a week in June as "National Pollinator Week" (this year it is June 23-29, 2025). In response to the alarm raised by an ...

Ah, the beloved honeybee. They’re fuzzy and social. They make honey and beeswax. Children draw them and backyard beekeepers dote on them. But honeybees – brought to North America by European settlers ...

Get a honeybee near a rose or a lavender and the insect will extend its strawlike tongue to search for nectar, pollinating the flower in the process. That’s at least how it works in clean environments ...

Harvard's RoboBee will one day conduct artificial pollination and survey disaster zones, but first it has to stop crash landing. Reading time 2 minutes Imagine tiny robotic bees buzzing around fields ...