Bees are in trouble, seeing population declines and colony loss. Now, a lab that houses some of the world’s foremost research on native bees is slated for closure under President Trump’s budget.

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

Earlier this year, Vancouver City Council voted unanimously in favor of becoming a Bee City, and will hold its second annual Pollinator Festival on June 21. Bee City USA is a nationwide effort helping ...

The City of Savannah has officially joined the national network of Bee City USA communities, reflecting its ongoing ...

Gardens packed with blooming flowers are extremely popular. But are these highly curated creations actually helpful – or is it better to allow nature to take its own course?

Anyone with an interest in bees and a desire to help them in a hands-on way is encouraged to attend. No experience is required. Amy Dolan, an endangered species conservation biologist with the ...

The Bee City USA program is run through the Xerces Society and seeks to promote the conservation of pollinating species. Provo recently became the first city in Utah to become a member of the ...

The Xerces Society advises that “every honeybee hive deprives over 100,000 native pollinators of food.” The British conservation group Buglife recommends 5 acres of habitat for each honeybee hive.

The rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) is a federally endangered species that hasn’t been seen in Georgia in over 30 years. Sarina Jepsen / Xerces Society Bumble bee populations are in ...

At the Xerces Society, Killingsworth co-leads a State of the Bees Initiative, which involves combing through the digitized records of nearly two million bee specimens in collections around the ...

An unusual and parasitic bee might soon appear as the newest addition to the endangered species list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed this week to add the Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee ...