Even professional apiarists confuse carpenter bees and bumblebees. Nevertheless, there are clues novice bee enthusiasts can ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota found transmission of viruses between different bee species did ...

Bumblebee queens don t work nonstop. UC Riverside scientists discovered that queens take strategic reproductive breaks early ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota has found that viruses transmitted between different bee ...

Insects buzzed among the blooming wildflowers at Mosier Gulch Recreation Area on a sunny afternoon in early June.

Just a few decades ago, bee enthusiasts across much of North America could count on spotting one of the continent’s most common bumblebee species buzzing from flower to flower. Today, the ...

But first, they need to be able to tell nearly identical species apart. Just a few decades ago, bee enthusiasts across much of North America could count on spotting one of the continent’s most ...

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota found transmission of viruses between different bee species did ...

This bee species was first recorded as far back as 1987, and the authors of the study had been independently collecting and observing the species for years in Texas and Oklahoma. But it wasn’t ...